Content Category: Choice Literacy
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Ten Ways to Celebrate Writers
Lucy Calkins shared on Twitter [now X], “The power of a reading and writing workshop is having teaching that is predictable, ongoing, consistent, so that we have time and space...
Using Picture Books Podcast
The focus of this week's podcast is using picture books. Cathy Mere and Ruth Ayres join the conversation. Click here for ALL links discussed. Each week Choice Literacy shares the...
September 19, 2021: Using Picture Books
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy. —Denis Diderot Despite Skepticism It turns out that my dog, Luna, is not so easy to train. To many this will...
Picture Books to Teach Conflict
One of the first units we teach in seventh-grade language arts is on short stories. The unit begins with lessons on story elements that should be review from lessons the...
Picture Books that Help Construct a Wider Definition of Home
One of the topics that is often explored in elementary school is "home." Children naturally like to share about their world: the people in their lives, where they live, how...
Narrative Minilesson in Kindergarten
Hayley Whitaker leads a minilesson in kindergarten on story structure.
Making Workshop Work Podcast
The focus of this week's podcast is making workshop work. Cathy Mere and Ruth Ayres join the conversation. Click here for ALL links discussed. Each week Choice Literacy shares the...
September 10: How do you make workshop work?
Independence is happiness. —Susan B. Anthony Grow Their Legs One May evening I was backing out of the driveway when my daughter Sophie let out a little yelp. I immediately...
Quick Take: Share Your Reading Struggles
Instructional coach Staci Revere reminds us of the importance of modeling our own reading lives for students, especially the parts where we struggle as readers.
Four Keys to Making Workshop Work
“I don’t know what workshop is. We haven’t talked about that in my schooling,” the teachers said to me. We were having a conversation about the upcoming sessions these teachers...
Bring In the School Year Like a Grandma
I was visiting with a friend the other day who had just become a grandmother again. As she proudly showed me pictures of her new little one, I couldn’t help...
Are You Listening to Readers?
The focus of this week's podcast is listening to readers. Tammy Mulligan and Ruth Ayres join the conversation. Click here for ALL links discussed. Each week Choice Literacy shares the...
September 3: Are You Taking Time to Listen to Readers?
When you think positive, good things happen. —Matt Kemp What's the Best That Could Happen? I have made countless trips running up and down the stairs. In the eight years...
The Choice Literacy Book Club Discusses Ouch! Moments
Enjoy listening as the Choice Literacy Book Club discusses Ouch! Moments: When Words Are Used in Hurtful Ways by Michael Genhart and Viviana Garofoli. Click here for the Choice Literacy Book Club...
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...
How Do Visuals Strengthen Literacy Instruction? Podcast
The focus of this week's Big Fresh podcast is the way visuals strengthen literacy instruction. Ruth Ayres and Cathy Mere join the conversation. Click here for ALL links discussed. Each...
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...
Reading Partners in First Grade
Katrina Edwards guides two first-grade readers who are partners early in the year.
One Instructional Strategy Changes a Reading Community: Status of the Class
Each year there’s a point when independent reading book selection goes on autopilot. Depending on the year and the community of readers, it can happen anytime during the second quarter....
Making Time to Listen to Your Readers
The school schedule: the holy grail of school life. Without the school schedule . . . nothing happens. It is planned to the minute, and following it becomes a teacher’s...
A Roving Student Conferrer
It was Sam’s last day in class before his family moved. He had finished writing his series books for our final unit of study the day before. So when it...
