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Using Digital Photos to Enhance Learning
Hmm . . . 32,249 photos in my iCloud account? Yes. I’m one of those people. I’m one of those people who are constantly taking photos. Looking back through photos...
Presence Required
Years ago at a professional development workshop, I heard Nancie Atwell speak about a time Don Graves (another original leader in workshop instruction) visited her classroom. He said something to...
Welcoming Spaces Podcast
The focus of this week's podcast is welcoming spaces. Cathy Mere and Ruth Ayres join the conversation. Each week Choice Literacy shares the Big Fresh newsletter with a round-up of...
It’s Time to Pause: A PD Session to Reconnect with Core Values
Whatever things you go through, you stay true to who you are and your core values. —Sophie Gregoire Trudeau Being called to yet another meeting, with an already full to-do...
Keeping Unity
It was the last period of the day, and I was feeling frazzled. My sophomore English class was engaged in a fun group project, but I had not anticipated the...
What Is Communication? A Mini-Inquiry Project and Booklist
“Oh,” I said, “Blake’s favorite weekend activity was riding his bike.” I looked at the socially distanced standing circle around the room and tried to muster engagement with Blake’s share,...
Reflective Practice Podcast
The focus of this week's podcast is reflective practice. Cathy Mere and Ruth Ayres join the conversation. Each week Choice Literacy shares the Big Fresh newsletter with a round-up of...
Grow and Innovate with Reflection
My son is nine years old, and he never stops moving or talking. He never walks when he could run, and he never misses an opportunity to jump over something...
The Reluctant Marathoner: Reflecting on Student Engagement
Four years ago, I did something that I never in a million years thought I would do: I ran a marathon. I have been a runner for years and had...
Goals Are Greater than Nice Conversations
If there’s no goal, it’s just a nice conversation. —John Campbell, Growth Coaching International I am still grappling with this quote. It hit me hard. Was I just having nice...
The Choice Literacy Book Club Discusses Octopus Stew
Enjoy listening as the Choice Literacy Book Club discusses Octopus Stew by Eric Velasquez. This year the Choice Literacy Book Club was formed. You will find a book talk video...
Classroom Libraries Podcast
The focus of this week's podcast is classroom libraries. Melanie Meehan and Ruth Ayres join the conversation. Each week Choice Literacy shares the Big Fresh newsletter with a round-up of...
Leading Students Toward Underused Sections of the Classroom Library
When it comes to my high school classroom library, my students definitely play favorites where different genres are concerned. Realistic fiction is a perennial favorite. Some years I’ll have a...
The Seasons of Classroom Libraries
One June morning, within the final days of the school year, a child exclaimed, “The only reason I love reading is because of this class!” This declaration surprised me and...
Aiming for a 5 on a Scale of 1–10
To help our schools gather fast, formative data to guide instructional steps, determine which students qualify for intervention services, and meet the requirement of our state's new dyslexia screening law,...
Encouragement for Readers and Writers Podcast
The focus of this week's podcast is encouragement for readers and writers. Cathy Mere and Ruth Ayres join the conversation. Each week Choice Literacy shares the Big Fresh newsletter with...
A Sense of Accomplishment: Four Strategies for Making Students’ Literacy Learning Visible
One of my first public social activities in 2020 was participating in a summer volunteer project. My city’s local arts school was offering a weekend course to learn how to...
Formative Assessment From Share Sessions
Learners need endless feedback more than they need endless teaching. —Grant Wiggins The share session offers valuable opportunities for growing a community of learners and for formative assessment. Still, it...
Write Like Nancy
I met a stranger one morning. I guess all people are strangers until you meet them. Nancy, the stranger I met, was riding her bike as my dog was on...
Critical Questions that Lead to Powerful Change
“Does this practice, policy, or decision help or harm students from marginalized communities?” This is one of the questions that Alex Shrevin Venet wrote in her book Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education...
The Answer Is Always “Yes”
When I first started implementing a writing workshop as a young teacher, I remember being paralyzed by the thought of my writers being in different stages of the writing process...
