The Interactive Read-Aloud as Responsive Teaching
In the October Talking Points, Laura May and Gary Bingham encourage elementary teachers to use interactive read-alouds. What makes interactive …
The Desire for Literacy 4: Violeta
This is the fourth of eight excerpts we will be offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in …
The Desire for Literacy 3: Lee Ann
This is the third of eight excerpts we will be offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in …
Nurturing Literacy, Not Test-Taking
The following excerpt from Dawn Kirby’s post on the blog Writers Who Care is reprinted by permission. Literacy as …
The Desire for Literacy 2: George
This is the second of eight excerpts we will be offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in …
Award Winning and Other Titles from NCTE
If there’s one thing every teacher relies on, it’s probably books. Fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, picture books—no matter what genre …
The Desire for Literacy 1: Chief
This is the first of eight excerpts we will be offering from Lauren Rosenberg’s The Desire for Literacy: Writing in …
Championing Choice in a School that Doesn’t
In a recent comment on our blog, a teacher asked how he can foster a love of reading when his …
The Ripple Effect of Award Lists
The following post was written by Stacey Ross, a 2nd-grade teacher in Austin, Texas, and Franki Sibberson who teaches 3rd grade in …
Community Members to the Rescue
The quietest dream team in any censorship challenge is usually made up of those community members who support teachers and …