(NaNoWriMo) 30-Day Challenge: Building Stronger Writers
…to explore this challenge with your students every November. It is a great way to build community in the classroom and give students freedom of creativity. It was fun talking…
…to explore this challenge with your students every November. It is a great way to build community in the classroom and give students freedom of creativity. It was fun talking…
…either fold our tents and go hide in the woods, or we can adapt and build a better campsite. This excerpt addresses the process of adapting literary texts to song,…
This post is written by member Amy Estersohn. One way to help students connect with books is to engage with the authors who write them. Here are five easy ways…
…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…
…theme an exclusionary category. Rather, the themes and examples can be a tool to help build increasingly diverse collections. Within each category, I provide picture book recommendations diverse in character…
…and we celebrated International Literacy Day on September 8. It’s an ideal time for us as educators to reflect on how we can build lifelong literacy skills in our students….
This is a guest post written by Chantal Winstead NCTE’s P12 Policy Analyst from Virginia. In March 2013, after recognizing writing weaknesses in Virginia’s 11th-grade English Standards of Learning (SOL)…
…building relationships! Smile, breathe, relax, be real, learn from mistakes, connect with others, and celebrate success (repeat as necessary). @Doyle_Teaching7 Take the time you need to establish norms/procedures and build…
…our racial/cultural/ethnic identities and this—I believe—makes it easier for us to respect and honor others’ way of knowing and building. Rita: I appreciate Maisha’s brilliance with the discussions of the…
…for two reasons: Teachers are human beings who matter, and that’s enough to justify us thinking about and caring for ourselves. The work of teaching requires us to build relationships…
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