Visible Learning for Literacy #empower17
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…
The importance of Read-Aloud (at school and home)
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,…
Daily 5 School-Wide Part 2
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…
Why Students Don’t Read What is Assigned in Class
*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…