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Justin Stygles helps his sixth graders prepare to move to middle school with a photo essay assignment in the last weeks of school.
Cathy Laker uses her own writing as a mentor text with her second-grade students to demonstrate options for endings.
This new poem and reflection from Shirl McPhillips that delights in wordplay and emergent greenery in the spring.
Katie Baydo-Reed confers with an eighth-grade student moving between fiction and nonfiction texts, and gives advice about which books are appropriate for home reading.
We consider student work ethic in the spring in this week’s Big Fresh.
Clare Landrigan and Tammy Mulligan find that a little effort at the end of the school year pays big dividends when launching workshops in the fall.
Gretchen Taylor explains why it’s important to get less “judgy” of the colleagues around us.
Katie Doherty uses nonfiction graffiti walls as a tool for building response skills and community with her sixth-grade students.
Katherine Sokolowski finds the work ethic of her fifth-grade students is flagging by spring, so she helps them reflect upon and improve their performance.
Ruth Ayres confers with fourth grader Braden about the importance of inviting cover art for the book he's written about a vacation.
Christopher Carlson describes why and how he made reader response anchor charts more rigorous and thoughtful in his fifth-grade classroom.
Shari Frost has a suggestion for what shouldn’t be on classroom walls: student assessment scores. She explains why this practice can be harmful to students.
Helping struggling learners is the focus of this week’s Big Fresh.
Clare Landrigan and Tammy Mulligan explain why it is important to share data with parents while school is still in session in order to avoid the summer slide. This is another installment in their summer reading series.
Katie DiCesare has wise advice for helping readers who are falling behind their peers but don't qualify for additional services.
We conclude our video series of end-of-year reading interviews with Ruth Shagoury. In this installment, she asks students about how they have changed as readers throughout the year.
Ruth Shagoury’s end-of-year writing interviews finish with questions about change and the teacher’s influence on writing.
Sean Moore confers with second grader Teague, masterfully demonstrating how to move between instruction and celebration when conferring with a child who struggles with reading.
Franki Sibberson designs a lesson cycle to prepare students for summer reading.
Ruth Shagoury asks sixth-grade students about reading at home and how they have changed as readers this year.
Ruth Shagoury’s end of year writing interviews with sixth graders continue with questions about writing strengths and weaknesses.
Preparing for summer reading is the focus of this week’s Big Fresh.
Kelly Petrin reflects on what she values most in the final days with children in her preschool program, and what she shares with parents.
Clare Landrigan and Tammy Mulligan have advice for making summer reading plans with students. This is the next installment in their summer reading series.
Interviews at the end of the school year can help students consider their growth as readers and writers. In this week’s video, Ruth Shagoury interviews sixth graders about their reading. This is the first video in a three-part series.
Ruth Shagoury interviews sixth graders about their writing at the end of the year. This is the first video in a three-part series.
We look at how to finish the year strong in this week’s Big Fresh.
Clare Landrigan and Tammy Mulligan share tips for getting books to students for summer reading. This is the first installment in their new summer reading series.
Gigi McAllister has many suggestions for a strong reading finish to the school year.
Ruth Shagoury explains why year-end interviews are so valuable, and includes questions to use in your interviews.
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