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Michelle Velez
- May 7, 2020
Do the Next Right Thing
It's almost 6 am. The sun is beginning to rise, the birds are beginning to chirp, and the sound of the coffee maker is beginning to brew....
Elaine Shobert
- May 5, 2020
Finding Comfort in the Familiar
There’s comfort in the familiar: familiar faces, familiar places, familiar experiences. The challenge to find familiar during this period...
Dana Clark
- Apr 30, 2020
Invitations
This post will not be eloquent or highly academic. It will not offer wonderful new possibilities for at-home learning or unique ways to...
Sarah Fiedeldey
- Apr 28, 2020
Read to Restore
Image from Pixabay I don’t know about you, but the more I’m hunkered down at home, the more I feel myself drawn to books that have...
Gravity Goldberg
- Apr 23, 2020
Build Reading Stamina with Rivet
We know that the amount of time children spend reading has a huge impact. Reading stamina helps support vocabulary development,...
Dana Clark
- Apr 21, 2020
Video Hello: Not Everything Needs to Be Written Down
Much of the joy in our classroom experiences lives in seeing the excitement on students’ faces as they share their ideas and their lives...
Sharon Sommer
- Apr 17, 2020
Growing My Teaching Practice Through Professional Learning-- Social Distancing Style!
Along with all of the challenges of social distancing, I found one unexpected and exciting benefit: the appearance of new, virtual...
Dana Clark
- Apr 16, 2020
The Connection Conference
As a consultant, my daily work life consists of learning with teachers and being a side-by-side thinking partner. We study, experiment,...
Gravity Goldberg
- Apr 15, 2020
Choose To Be a Mirror
Brene Brown explains “Without feedback there can be no transformative change. When we don’t talk to the people we’re leading about their...
Dana Clark
- Apr 14, 2020
With Books and Community
Distance learning is uncharted territory for many of us and can leave us feeling lost and tempted to plan out routes that would never...
Shanna Anderson
- Apr 13, 2020
Beyond the Book Ideas
Reading. The enjoyment of reading is not about finding the main idea or answering questions about the details in the text. It’s about...
Sarah Fiedeldey
- Apr 10, 2020
I Want to Remember
In one of my favorite Katrina Kenison books The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother’s Memoir, she muses, “the good life is always the life...
Brianna Faustini
- Apr 9, 2020
Growing Learning Communities in the Remote Classroom: Four Ways to Stay Present and Connected
Before the Pandemic Before the pandemic spread throughout the tristate area, school lockers slammed, navy uniforms covered the hallways,...
Gravity Goldberg
- Apr 8, 2020
A Guide to Supporting Readers at Home
My long time friend Kerrie Larosa is a parent coach who helps families in many aspects of parenting. We teamed up a few years ago to...
Dana Clark
- Apr 7, 2020
Distance Learning with Fun and Purpose In Mind
Each day, I am in awe of the generosity, support, and love that educators, authors, librarians, and good people from all corners of our...
Pam Koutrakos
- Apr 6, 2020
Word Study At Home: Resources, Printables, Video Lessons, and Ideas for Joyful Word Exploring
Craving low-prep, playful, and inherently flexible ways to continue learning at home? Word exploring may be your answer! Investigating...
Laura Sarsten
- Apr 3, 2020
At Home Independent Genre Study: A Writing Voyage
Writing is a personalized and vulnerable act. Without a doubt, it takes bravery and courage to put words on paper that will be shared...
Sarah Fiedeldey
- Apr 2, 2020
Author Study, Anytime, Anywhere
While doing a bit of professional reading as a new second grade teacher, I came across something called a craft study. My grade level...
Pam Koutrakos
- Apr 1, 2020
Staying Busy- Beyond School and Academics
Katie Egan Cunningham was one of the first people to post sample home schedules to help us maintain some semblance of structure and...
Dana Clark
- Mar 31, 2020
Sending Hope and Love Through Read Aloud
Just like many of you, I have been scrambling over the last weeks and trying to come up with meaningful at-home learning experiences for...
