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Guiding Groups in Middle School: Reading Poetry
Katie Doherty works with a small group of sixth graders who need extra support as they read the poem "Aspects of Autumn." You can read the poem below the player....
Middle School Conferring About a Series
In this video from Katie Doherty's sixth-grade classroom, Katie confers with a student who has returned to a series book she had previously rejected. Katie weaves in talk about strategies,...
Book Club Meetings in 3rd Grade
When I began planning for book clubs in my classroom, I knew that the readers in our class needed to keep their read-to-self time as a sacred opportunity for them...
Grades 3&4 Room Tour
In this video tour, Franki Sibberson narrates a description of the grades 3&4 multiage classroom she shares with a colleague. The space is small, so Franki explains how storage areas...
Quick Take: Using Timers in Middle School Writing Workshops
In this video quick take, Katie Doherty explains why she finds a timer helpful in her middle school writing workshop.
Book Matchmaker: Read Alouds for 1st Grade
Lori Sabo is looking for new read alouds for her first-grade class. There are so many terrific picture books that are great read alouds in first grade. When I...
Listen In: Strategies for Using Nonfiction Texts in Writing
Besides being good friends, Sammi and Alyssa had similar writing folder contents: nonfiction texts that were exact copies of a published book. In academic integrity studies of high school and...
Conferring About Inferring
During reader's workshop, my main goal is to have students reading and practicing some form of reading strategy with the text that they choose. At the beginning of the year,...
Accuracy and Comprehension: Conferring in Second Grade
In this video from Sean Moore's second-grade classroom, Sean confers with a student who comprehends text well but has some issues with accuracy.
Conferring with Vita: Working Through Silence
Andie Cunningham confers with Vita, an English language learner whose first language is Russian. Vita is in the silent period. Notice how Andie coaxes communication from Vita, and manages to...
Listen In: About the Author
Snowy owls. Polar bears. Arctic hares. These fine white creatures were all the rage in second grade during their literary nonfiction unit. Linda Karamatic and I co-planned the new writing...
Listen In: Writing Reviews
At first glance of Kincaid's writing folder, I saw rows and columns of data. Next to a book title was a number and then a line of letters and numbers,...
Quick Take: “The Sisters” on Writing Journals
In this two-minute Quick Take video, Gail Boushey and Joan Moser ("The Sisters") talk about the importance of having "Small Moments" and "Happenings" sections in student writing journals. They have...
Next-Read Stack: Conferring for Independence
Next-Read Stack conferences take up much of my conferring time with some students. Because engagement in text is key for every child, I make time to support the students who...
Sixth-Grade Lesson: Editing for Conventions
In this lesson with her sixth graders, Pam Pogson talks about a goal many students have mentioned during writing conferences: editing for conventions. This brief lesson gives everyone a chance...
Over the Top: Mystery Writing with Fourth Graders
Helping students navigate the boundaries between realistic fiction and fantasy can be tricky, especially when it comes to mystery writing. In this lesson from Beth Lawson's fourth-grade classroom, Beth uses...
Listen In: Maya is a Chapter Writer
William Strunk and E.B. White produced a no-nonsense writing book in the 1950s titled The Elements of Style. I have the third edition that sits by my desk. In the...
Book Matchmaker: Texts for Young English Language Learners
Paulette teaches English language learners at an overseas school. Children come to the school from many countries, and many have very limited English. Paulette wants to share her...
Fluency in Focus: Conferring with Jake
Gail Boushey confers with Jake, a seven-year-old who is setting a reading goal of developing fluency. After the conference, she debriefs with Joan Moser.
Conferring About Thesis Statements
In this conference with a 4th grader, Beth Lawson talks about supporting details for thesis statements. This is part of the video series from Beth's room on essay writing.
The Sponge Summary Lesson Part 5
This is a companion video series to Heather Rader's article "A Sponge is a Summary." In this sequence of videos, Heather teaches a 4th grade class, using the analogy of...
