How Blank Walls Built Community in 7th Grade
…so I was familiar with this pod. It hadn’t been updated in many years, so late last summer I took this opportunity to create a blank slate, which I planned…
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ESL, ELL, Generation 1.5—Why Are These Terms Important?
…term English language learner in these books and then share a collaboratively-written glossary of commonly used terms, carefully explaining what these terms mean, where the terms come from, and why…
Advocating for Challenging Texts and the Arts
…which literally means “string literature.” The concept of string literature has been traced to Brazil, where vendors often hung excerpts from folhetos—inexpensive chapter books—on a string in a market to…
Mentor Texts for Teaching Narrative Writing: Picture Books, Short Stories, and More
…Eve Bunting, illustrated by Ronald Himler A homeless boy who lives in an airport with his father, moving from terminal to terminal trying not to be noticed, is given hope…
Pairing Texts for Deepening Reading Comprehension
…will all be gobbledygook to them. There’s no aural image playing in the ear of their minds, and no visual image of the five fingers plucking the strings to provoke…
A Tip for Teaching Challenging Texts: Position Yourself as a Learner
…about implementing visual literacies. One strategy is “cordel”—otherwise known as “string literature.” Here, visual and linguistic texts pertaining to a topic hang from a string across the room, beckoning students…
Writing Instruction Remix
…blanks in a generic outline. And I often don’t write full completed drafts, revise them, formally peer-review them, and rewrite them. I usually have an idea, I root it in…
“Writing Is an Outlet”
…notebook long after dark or a blank digital document with a blinking cursor, I find a sense of relief in putting my feelings into words. I love stringing letters together…
Build Your Stack: Fostering Self-Acceptance
…are three new picture books with strong characters that can help students grow academically, socially, and emotionally: Always Anjali by Sheetal Sheth; illustrated by Jessica Blank Always Anjali is…
Poetry to Promote Positive Self-Talk
…poems centered on their own positive attributes. My second-graders used blank books with paper templates glued in to publish their words and pictures, but this project could be easily adapted…
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