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August 27: Are Your Conferences Uplifting?
As the world becomes a more digital place, we cannot forget about the human connection. —Adam Neuman Swiss Cheese Heart On a whim, Andy and I hosted our first exchange...
August 20: How Do Visuals Strengthen Literacy Instruction?
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. —Pablo Picasso Stay Connected Aunt Stephanie and Uncle John live in Hawaii, and...
August 13: What Do Our Youngest Writers Need?
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. —Henry David Thoreau What If What if students entered the classroom on the first day and the rug...
August 6: How Do Readers and Writers Use Images?
How are you noticing the emerging stories of your life? —Carl Jung My Summer Vacation August makes me nostalgic, mostly because when I was a little kid, it was the...
July 30, 2021: What Routines Might You Reconsider for Next School Year?
The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones. —John Maynard Keynes Small Gifts Are Special When I turned 12, I received one...
July 23, 2021: How Does Technology Enhance Workshop Routines?
Assume the best intent in others around you. You will often be right, and even when you’re not, people can rise to your view of them. Not always, but enough...
June 25, 2021: How Do You Reach Readers?
If I’m gonna tell a real story, I’m gonna start with my name. —Kendrick Lamar How Did You Get Your Name? When I was born, my parents told the nurse...
June 18, 2021: Mentor Texts
Pay close, foolish, even absurd attention to things. —Ian Bogost The Art of Noticing I am constantly trying to live an unhurried life. It’s been a quest for most of...
June 11, 2021: Conventions
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across...
June 4, 2021: Multimodal Writing
Books are something social—a writer speaking to a reader—so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is...
May 28, 2021: Craft Moves for Writers
When we are no longer able to change our situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. —Viktor Frankl [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] Don’t...
May 21, 2021: Transfer of Learning
The more you practice, the better you get, the more freedom you have to create. —Jocko Willink [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] Practice with...
May 14, 2021: Perspectives
Our power resides in our collective strength. We are what we are seeking. —Nawal Qarooni Casiano [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] Change Your Perspective...
May 7, 2021: Connections
As the world becomes a more digital place, we cannot forget about the human connection. —Adam Neumann [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] 29 Letters...
April 30, 2021: Courses Special Issue
Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. —Anthony J. D’Angelo [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] Courses Special...
April 23, 2021: End-of-Year Reflections
Keep a notebook. Travel with it, eat with it, sleep with it. Slap into it every stray thought that flutters up into your brain. Cheap paper is less perishable than...
April 16, 2021: Hidden Treasures (Part 2)
Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. —Roald Dahl [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] Finding the Greatest Secrets I love the...
April 9, 2021: Hidden Treasures (Part 1)
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. —Thornton Wilder [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as...
March 26, 2021: Word Work
My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling, but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. —A. A. Milne [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as...
March 19, 2021: Building Empathy Through Reading
Empathy is the highest form of intelligence —Anthony Gucciardi [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] Learn to Care “Children must learn to care,” the presenter...
March 12, 2021: Empower Readers (Part 2)
Struggling readers need precisely what good readers receive—lots of high-success reading experiences. —Richard Allington [Now you can listen to the Big Fresh as a podcast!] Empowering Readers Dear Friend, We...
