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September 11, 2020 Florence Genevieve Saperstein
Choice is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
September 4, 2020 A Specific No
Thoughtful reading response is the focus of this week’s newsletter.
August 28, 2020 Don’t Talk About My Writing Without Me
Giving feedback online is the focus of this week’s newsletter.
August 21, 2020 Future Focused
This week we look at how to build and sustain remote learning communities.
August 14, 2020 A Place for Wonder
We look at how to help students differentiate between fact and fiction in this week’s newsletter.
August 7, 2020 Slow Down to Be Kind
We look at building kindness and community in this week’s newsletter.
July 31, 2020 The Importance of Routines
We look at routines and structures for learning in this week’s newsletter.
July 24, 2020 Christmas in July
We look at ways to learn student names and honor their history early in the year in this week’s newsletter.
July 17, 2020 Walking Tours
We look at ways to teach realistic and historical fiction in this week’s newsletter.
July 10, 2020 When Your Glasses Fall Into the Lake
We look at ways to reinforce learning after minilessons in this week’s newsletter.
June 5, 2020 My Son
We help teachers move from teaching retelling to theme in this week’s newsletter.
May 29, 2020 Missing Hallways
We consider ways to boost summer learning in this week’s newsletter.
May 22, 2020 Write Now
We look at writer’s craft in this week’s newsletter.
May 15, 2020 Seeking Community
We celebrate families in this week’s newsletter.
May 8, 2020 Eagle’s Nest
We reflect on how to close out the year with read alouds and interviews in this week’s newsletter.
May 1, 2020 Virtual Third Things
Creative response from teachers and students is the focus of this week’s newsletter.
April 24, 2020 Truth and Judgment
Getting better feedback from teachers and students is the focus of this week’s newsletter.
April 17, 2020 An Amazing Time
This week we look at the gamut of emotions remote learning brings to teachers and students.
April 10, 2020 Savoring a Book Just Because
We consider journals and notebooks in this week’s newsletter.
April 3, 2020 Good Enough
We look at remote instruction and virtual lessons in this week’s newsletter.
March 27, 2020 New Plans
This week we look at teaching the youngest learners in literacy workshops.
March 13, 2020 Learn to Care
This week we look at teaching about characters in literacy workshops.
March 6, 2020 At Least No One Died
This week we look at self-assessment, the final installment in our two-part newsletter series on assessment.
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.
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