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Organizing Materials to Support Literacy Learning (Classroom Design Series Part 3)
The organization of materials is crucial in a collaborative classroom. In this kind of classroom, there is no “mine,” but rather “ours” when speaking of materials and supplies, and organizing...
In Praise of Handwritten Notes
When asked what was the most important thing she wanted to teach her students, long-time kindergarten teacher Isabel Beaton replied, "The art of gracious living!" Whether you're five or fifty,...
Notetaking Series Part II: Honing Your Notetaking Skills, One Strategy at a Time
When we were learning how to take notes, becoming skilled at writing down observations seemed an almost mystical undertaking. We read accounts by anthropologists, war stories from their time in...
First Day of School Read-Alouds with Global and Multicultural Perspectives
Grades K-3 Ada, Alma Flor. 1993. My Name is María Isabel. Illustrated by K. Dyble Thompson. New York: Aladdin. María Isabel is the new girl in school and instead of being called...
A Hand to Hold: Crying and Community in Preschool
It was January, the time when I look forward to being able to do more extensive, focused, and creative lessons with my preschoolers. By January, early fall’s focus on developing...
Intentional Consolidation and Closure
You taught a minilesson on the area of rectangles. Students have spent the last 30 minutes building different rectangles out of square tiles with an area of 36 square units...
