5/18/2018
Support for Independent Reading

Adapted from 180 Days by Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle Modeling the range of reading we do honors the diversity of texts and the purposes for reading that, of course, vary by reader. Students... more

5/17/2018
Engagement and Inquiry

Adapted from The Curious Classroom by Harvey "Smokey" Daniels Sometimes school is boring. This is not news to students, but the adults seem to have just gotten the message. Suddenly there is talk... more

5/16/2018
Tips for Summer Reading

Adapted from It’s All About the Books by Tammy Mulligan and Clare Landrigan Each year we spend a week or two at the end of school helping readers make a reading plan for summer vacation. The... more

5/15/2018
Keep Your Literacy Coaching Focus on Teaching & Learning

Adapted from  Literacy Coaching   by Stephanie Affinito.   Literacy coaches cultivate the expertise of literacy teachers in multiple ways. Coaching activities might range from building relationships... more

5/14/2018
Planning a Study in Information Writing

Adapted from 180 Days by Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle Our journey throughout this unit echoed many of the features we introduced in our study of narrative text. To help our students increase skills... more

5/11/2018
Cultivating Reading and Learning

Adapted from by Stephanie Affinito Before we were teachers, we were readers -readers who understand the power reading has to change our lives from the new characters we meet, the new places we visit,... more

5/9/2018
Selecting A Text

Adapted from 180 Days by Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle When it comes to selecting works for whole-class study, we have always liked Carol Jago’s guidelines. In Classics in the Classroom (2004),... more