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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.
Is it ever alright for a teacher to cry when reading aloud? Shari Frost and her colleagues select their favorite tearjerker read alouds, and what they’ve learned from sharing them with students.
Here are some strategies for getting out of notetaking ruts.
Here are two quick and reflective activities for closure at the end of the year.
Jennifer Allen gets creative with space for displays in her literacy coaching work.
How can we help students who are stuck when it comes time to write? Franki Sibberson shares a couple new strategies, including a book basket of texts selected by students themselves as useful for sparking writing topics in this photo essay.
Our quote collection on revision has many choice quotes for launching study group or class discussions.
Franki Sibberson has some great suggestions for jumpstarting students’ summer reading. These ideas work if you are in the last week or two of school, or if you are just beginning a summer enrichment reading program with kids.
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