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The Big Fresh January 5, 2013 Both Sides
An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional. F. Scott Fitzgerald A few months ago I was reading through the essays on...
Bully Literacy
Ahna came running up from her sand castle to where I was soaking up the sun. “Mom, there’s a kid with a weird arm who wants to play with me....
Fun in January: A Mock Caldecott Unit
Every January the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, gives out media awards to the most distinguished books for children from the previous...
New Year Goals (Part 2)
Every year in January Choice Literacy contributors share some of their professional goals with our community. This is the second installment in a two-part series. See below for a link...
Book Matchmaker: Nonfiction to Read Cover to Cover
Clare is looking for some nonfiction books that can be shared in their entirety during read alouds. Here are some of my favorite nonfiction cover-to-cover read alouds. ...
Two Teachers and One Kindergartner
Little Joey was a bit young when his parents enrolled him in kindergarten. Despite the teacher’s best efforts, he struggled to master basic concepts. The teacher developed a wonderful relationship...
Celebrating Growth and Setting Goals: Conferring with Anna
Katie DiCesare confers with first-grader Anna, celebrating her growth as a reader and setting a new goal.
Guided Reading with Kindergarten English Language Learners
Max Brand takes two kindergarten English language learners from reading a familiar book to exploring a new text, and explains in the debrief how he targets specific reading skills.
The Big Fresh December 29, 2012 Goals
Goals are dreams with deadlines. Diana Scharf Hunt This is the time of renewal, with many of us setting goals for the coming weeks and months. In the past...
New Year Goals
At the start of the new year, Choice Literacy contributors reflect on their most important goals for January. This is the first installment in a two-part series. Franki Sibberson is...
A Picture Walk in Kindergarten
Mandy Robek takes her kindergartners through a picture walk using Mrs. Wishy Washy as the text.
The Writing Process . . . and Processes
The writing process is simple and complex all rolled into one ball. There are a handful of phases and as many ways to execute each step as there are writers...
I Love a Good Argument
It’s been interesting to watch the genesis of teachers’ relationships with opinion and argumentative writing this year. For many of the intermediate teachers I work with, it began with distinguishing...
Word Count
At the beginning of the year, one of the physical education teachers in my school district was training for a 100-mile race. At the same time I was returning to...
Just Write More
I’m a word counter. I don’t count the number of words my students write, but I love watching the word counter at the bottom of my document as I write...
Catching Up with Tommy
Karen Terlecky meets with Tommy, a boy who has flown under the radar for a few weeks in her fifth-grade reading workshop.
Second Grade Whole-Class Share: Adding Details and Descriptive Language Part 4
In this final video from a four-part series, Sean Moore asks students to share their writing with peers and the whole class. Links to the first three videos in the...
Second Grader Student Mentor Text: Adding Details and Descriptive Language Part 3
In this third video from a four-part series, Sean Moore has a student share his writing as a mentor text for the class.
Happy Holidays from Choice Literacy and Pete the Cat
Katie DiCesare shares the video book trailer for Pete the Cat Saves Christmas and invites her first graders to join in a read and sing along.
The Big Fresh December 15, 2012 Visitor Ball
Ritual affirms the common patterns, the values, the shared joys, risks, sorrows, and changes that bind a community together. Ritual links together our ancestors and descendants, those who went before...
I Have Two Pictures of Cindy. . .
I have two pictures of Cindy. Both are taken on her birthday at school. In each, she stands beside a lovely array of cupcakes, looking straight at the camera. In...
