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February 28, 2020 Strengths Focused
This week we look at integrating test prep into literacy workshops.
February 21, 2020 A Place for Writing
This week we look at how to create cozy and safe learning spaces.
February 14, 2020 The Poem in Your Heart
This week we look at how to foster a love of poetry in literacy workshops.
February 7, 2020 Grammar’s Flexibility
This week we look at word learning in literacy workshops.
January 31, 2020 Creativity and Community
This week we look at partnerships in literacy workshops.
January 24, 2020 Kindness in the Storm
This week we look at how to help traumatized children in classrooms.
January 17, 2020 I See You
This week we look at visual learning and graphic novels in classrooms.
January 10, 2020 Nothing Buried Here
This week we look at tools for literacy instruction.
January 3, 2020 Letting Go
This week we look at teacher modeling in literacy workshops.
December 13, 2019 Norwich
This week we look at easy and fun classroom literacy events and celebrations.
December 6, 2019 Just Say Yes
This week we look at creative literacy instruction before holiday breaks.
November 22, 2019 Cue the Habit
This week we look at author studies in classrooms.
November 15, 2019 In Praise of Clutter
This week we look at how to use anchor texts in classrooms.
November 8, 2019 The Gift of Noticing
We look at reflection in this week’s newsletter.
November 1, 2019 Romancing the Em Dash
We look at how to teach conventions in this week’s newsletter.
October 25, 2019 Candy Bombs
We look at how to develop and use text sets in this week’s newsletter.
October 18, 2019 Offers and Offerings
We look at writing shares in this week’s newsletter.
October 11, 2019 Instagram vs. Google Selves
We look at building reader identities in this week’s newsletter.
October 4, 2019 50 Pages
We consider how to deal with classroom and schoolwide interruptions in this week’s newsletter.
September 27, 2019 Two Wolves
Developing confidence in teachers and students is the focus of this week’s newsletter.
September 20, 2019 Leave It
We share some tips for organizing and leading better groups in this week’s newsletter.
September 13, 2019 Lingering a Little
We conclude our three-week series on read-alouds in this week’s newsletter.
September 6, 2019 Evoking Book Memories
We continue our three-week series on read-alouds in this week’s newsletter.
August 30, 2019 Farm Share
We begin a three-week series on read-alouds in this week’s newsletter.
August 23, 2019 Blank Canvas
We explore the use of anchor charts in this week’s newsletter.
August 16, 2019 We Know How
We consider our youngest learners in this week’s newsletter.
August 9, 2019 Reading the Signs
We look at a favorite tool for teachers in literacy workshops, status of the class, in this week’s newsletter.
August 2, 2019 Diving into New Roles
We look at how to build classroom communities early in the year in this week’s newsletter.
July 26, 2019 Death by Banana
We look at reading at home in this week’s newsletter.
July 19, 2019 Data Without Judgment
We look at classroom, coaching, and literacy norms in this week’s newsletter.
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