Celebrating the Library of Congress!
…$23,950. Today, the Library of Congress occupies three buildings on Capitol Hill. The Thomas Jefferson Building (1897) is the original separate Library of Congress building. The John Adams Building was…
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October 2022 #NCTEchat: You Never Write Alone: Building a Community of Writers
…building a community of writers as a powerful way to “foster a culture of authentic and culturally sustaining writing instruction.” (https://ncte.org/statement/statement-on-writing-instruction-in-school/) The chat will be hosted by NCTE member Sarah…
Families Know: Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations
…heart of literacy instruction: a love of words, authentic reasons to write, idea-building above polished finals, process writing over prompts, student talk above teacher lectures; in addition to building an…
Building a Family Book Club
…attend the inaugural meeting of my family book club. In order to build enthusiasm and participation, I posted information on our school website, made announcements to students, and emailed families…
Cultivating Capacity, Creating Change: 2017 CCCC Annual Convention
…capacity building and collaboration as the way forward: mindfully developing and empowering members, who can use their capacity to act on behalf of themselves, their colleagues, and their students and,…
What I’ve Learned about Being a Mentor
…and build it right, we also needed to build a strong collaborative team and mindset. But true collaboration doesn’t happen overnight. It takes patience and time, deep reflection, and consideration….
Why Is the Read-Aloud a Life-Changing Form of Civic Learning?
…deepening engagement with text, building fluency as the child listens to the smoothness of a mentor reader, building vocabulary and grammar skills as the child marinates in literary language. But…
Deliberations and Recommendations: What It Was Like Serving on Texas Tech University’s “Campus Carry” Task Force
…would create committees to meet with constituencies, survey their population, and recommend to their president which buildings and areas would be labeled “gun-free.” The law made it clear that campuses…
Families as Assessment Partners
…the first steps toward building a collaborative relationship with families. Sending letters home or inviting students and families to stop by the school prior to the first day can help…
Do You READ Enough?
This post is written by member Susan Wagner. I remember books, those stacks of printed paper held in place with a decorative cover. I remember hearing the crack of the…
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