This is one of several posts that I have to reflect on and share my learning from the sessions I attended at the ASCD #Empower17 conference. I am a huge fan of Hattie’s work shared in Visible Learning. If you are not familiar with this research, the key # to know Read more…
I recently read The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease after seeing Matt Renwick tweet about it several different times. I had it on my list of professional books to read, but he actually mentioned it again to me in a parent to parent conversation when I shared my concerns regarding Read more…
In my last post I shared with you an update on how we have gone school wide with the Daily 5/Cafe framework for teaching literacy. Just how committed to this are we? Well, the reading basals are now officially boxed up and in storage!! As we made the transition to Read more…
*This is blog post #5 in the 2012 Summer Blog Challenge* Since our building has goneschool-wide with Daily 5/Cafe, my beliefs on teaching literacy have changed dramatically from when I started teaching. I only wish that I could go back in time and teach reading the way my awesome teachers Read more…