Top Ten Lesson Plans Visited on ReadWriteThink.org in 2014
2014 is on its way out, and it’s nearly 2015! With the winter break almost here we hope you get …
Winter Fun with ReadWriteThink Interactive Tools!
The last days of 2014 are counting down, and it’s likely that your days in the classroom for 2014 are …
5 Stories about Shifts in Literacy
It’s hard to remodel a house without a examples of what the improvements could look like and how they might work. …
The Story of One is the Story of Many
Beth Shaum currently teaches 8th grade in Michigan and is a social media coordinator for NCTE. Among her many tasks in …
The True Meaning of Teaching
Council Historian Paul Thomas writes a letter to his students, particularly pertinent at this end-of- semester grading time. He explains …
The Value of Connection
The following blog post grew out of comments NCTE member Michael Rifenburg shared during the online conversation you can view below. The …
Creative Writing as a Path to Finding One’s Tribe
Those of us who are writers and part of writing communities know well the truth in Clifton’s quote. And in …
Reinterpreting the CCSS
What might happen if educators took interpretation of the Common Core State Standards into their own hands? That is the …
The Power of Stories
The following is an excerpt from Sonia Nazario’s keynote speech at the 2014 NCTE Annual Convention. You can read an …
Story as the Landscape of Knowing
A montage of stories and viewpoints from the NCTE 2014 Annual Convention.