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Franki Sibberson contemplates which diet plan she’ll try this month, and that leads her to think about what a steady “diet” of leveled books does for young readers.
Jennifer Jones ventured out to lunch with some former colleagues, and came home with a new perspective on the impact of her teaching after a chance encounter with YuYang, a former student.
If you believe it’s challenging but “possible to be tactful without being inauthentic,” Jan Miller Burkins will guide you around the thorniness of the language of coaching.
If you're guiding the learning of others, you'll be inspired by these quotes.
It's a quick journey from notetaking routines to notetaking ruts. This installment of the notetaking series focuses on ways to get out of the ruts that emerge naturally whenever any notetaking routine is established.
This is a quick-write workshop activity that is especially suited to the more relaxed pace of summer professional development workshops, or first meetings with colleagues in the fall when everyone is refreshed and reflective.
With a few key elements in place, Brenda Power and Jennifer Allen explain how study groups can almost run themselves and get everyone involved.
Fun quotes to start discussions about punctuation for learners of any age.
The Hard Reading Workshop is a terrific professional development activity for launching conversations about text difficulty and strategy instruction.
This rubric can help anyone interviewing for a literacy coaching position determine if there is a philosophical fit between their beliefs and the goals of the school. The rubric is also helpful for any school in the process of defining responsibilities for literacy coaches
Jan Miller-Burkins explores the “how” of shifting language so that it is less judgemental in discussions with colleagues.
There is a difference between “in the midst” and “after the fact” notes, and different methods might work better in different observation contexts once you know your options.
The roadblocks activity can easily be adapted for study groups looking at almost any topic.
This series of over 30 questions for mentors or novice teachers can be used to plan a mentoring program, match mentors and novice teachers, or launch partnerships early in the fall.
Whether you love to read, write or teach poetry, these quotes will give you something to think about and inspire you.
Wisconsin literacy coaches Jennifer Jones and Charity Meyer were inspired by Jennifer Allen’s “Literacy Room” to try out “Literacy News” resource boards in their schools. They provide helpful tips for starting these boards in your school, as a way to give continuous and timely support to teachers at any level.
We close out the notetaking series with advice on setting notetaking goals.
Aimee Buckner describes a simple summer planning and goal-setting process she uses to get ready for launching writer's workshop in the fall.
Shari Frost finds writing centers are beloved by many teachers and students. There’s only one problem – very little writing appears to be going on in the centers.
"Two or Three Things I Know for Sure" is a terrific short workshop activity for study groups or faculty meetings, and it also can be used in partnership discussions with mentors, literacy coaches, and colleagues. The activity gets everyone to explore their bedrock beliefs about teaching – as well as what it takes to change them.
Kathy Collins gives a detailed definition of how reading centers are connected to the goals of different reading units of study.
Shari Frost and her literacy coaching colleagues explore together how wordless picture books can change the landscape of literacy teaching in K-6 classrooms throughout a school.
Literacy experts share their well-loved and well-worn children's and professional books.
Principal Karen Szymusiak shares her reflections and questions that cause her teachers to question their current practice and lead them to consider authenticity in the reading workshop.
In "Raw and Cooked Notes," the value of uncensored notes is presented, as well as a simple strategy for beginning to code and analyze the observations you are jotting down.
Franki Sibberson shares ways to foster continued enjoyment of picture books with intermediate readers, and highlights some texts with special appeal for older readers in this article which includes a booklist.
If you need reminders that every problem is an opportunity, check out this stellar quote collection.
Jennifer Allen presents her coaching model for varied and rich support of teachers.
From Winston Churchill to Shelley Harwayne, there's a range of opinions on evaluation and goal setting in this quote collection.
Are centers essential in classrooms? Katie DiCesare rethinks the centers program in her primary classroom.
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