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Shanna Anderson
May 19, 2020
Joy Through Passion Projects
As many of our children are quietly (some not so quietly) facing anxiety and experiencing a wave of emotions that are disrupting their...
Pam Koutrakos
May 14, 2020
Shaking Things Up: Rethinking Our Final Units
Over the last several weeks, teachers have continued to step up. We’ve compiled, curated, collaborated, and created. We have Zoomed, Met,...
Lori Brennan
May 12, 2020
How a Simple Invitation Changed Everything
You are 5 years old and you are handed a small square envelope with your name written on the outside. You squeal on the inside as you...
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...
