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Allowing Space for Reflection: Seizing Opportunities to Learn, Grow, and Change

Laura Sarsten

Mar 30, 2020

Allowing Space for Reflection: Seizing Opportunities to Learn, Grow, and Change

"What made you happy today?” “What do you want to learn?” “Who will you reach out and connect with?” “What do you want out of today?”...

A Parent Coach's Perspective on Handling Anxiety During School Closures

Kerrie LaRosa

Mar 27, 2020

A Parent Coach's Perspective on Handling Anxiety During School Closures

How can we get through this? As a licensed clinical social worker and a parent coach I am receiving a lot of questions about what to do,...

At Home Independent Genre Study: A Reading Voyage

Laura Sarsten

Mar 26, 2020

At Home Independent Genre Study: A Reading Voyage

Fantasy, sci-fi, dystopian, memoir, realistic fiction, graphic novels, comic strips, cookbooks…. the types of texts are endless! During...

Pam Koutrakos

Mar 25, 2020

Navigating ALL The Resources

I trust we all love Ferris Bueller and remember the “life moves pretty fast” advice? Well, there’s no doubt that right now, life is...

Jamie Surya Yoga Studio

Mar 24, 2020

Keep Moving

Gravity asked her friend and yoga teacher to share some tips with us about how to keep our bodies moving when we are now teaching from...

Shanna Anderson

Mar 23, 2020

Playful Math Practice (at Home)

We play many different roles throughout our day - spouse, parent, employee, friend. Each of our roles are generally defined by our...

What Can Coaches Do During School Closures?

Pam Koutrakos

Mar 20, 2020

What Can Coaches Do During School Closures?

Instructional coaches thrive on supporting colleagues, students, and community members. As schools transition to online learning and home...

Making MY Plan: Self-Care During School Closings

Pam Koutrakos

Mar 19, 2020

Making MY Plan: Self-Care During School Closings

Like many others, my mind has been preoccupied with thoughts of the children in my home, my extended family, students near and far,...

Writing Experiences for at Home Learning

Gravity Goldberg

Mar 18, 2020

Writing Experiences for at Home Learning

For many parents what we feel confident with is correcting our children's work but that is not the same as teaching and it often turns...

Dana Clark

Mar 17, 2020

Meaningful Digital Feedback

In this technological era where google docs are the typical medium and our classrooms are full of digital natives, online feedback is not...

Home Learning From Our Little Corner of the World to Yours

Sarah Fiedeldey

Mar 16, 2020

Home Learning From Our Little Corner of the World to Yours

As a parent and an educator, one of the hardest things about a dramatic change in our daily living is the lack of structure and...

Gravity Goldberg

Mar 14, 2020

We Are Here to Help

Seth Godin recently wrote, "Day by day, step by step, the present becomes the future, and we make the best decisions that we can." This...

Dana Clark

Feb 5, 2020

Experience

Mark Twain's writerly advice, to "write what you know,” certainly holds true for me. Life often fuels my writing, whether I’m creating...

Gravity Goldberg

Jan 1, 2020

The Gift of Happiness

As our team gathered at the end of 2019 we took time to reflect upon the work we do to support teachers. We realized that while literacy...

Pam Koutrakos

Dec 18, 2019

We Go...You Go Grammar

We’ve wondered about it, discovered patterns around it, modeled it, taught it, and supported it. Yep… now, it is time to take another...

Infusing Grammar Study Throughout a Unit

Pam Koutrakos

Dec 11, 2019

Infusing Grammar Study Throughout a Unit

Conventions aren’t icing and confetti sprinkles we apply to a piece of writing as a final flourish. Conventions are baked into the cake!...

Teaching Students How To Transfer Conventions Into Their Writing

Pam Koutrakos

Dec 6, 2019

Teaching Students How To Transfer Conventions Into Their Writing

“You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink.” Ah, yes, this proverb is so true when it comes to teaching, hoping,...

All the Co-Teachers, Now Put Your Hands Up: Revving Up for Teaching Together

Sarah Fiedeldey

Dec 4, 2019

All the Co-Teachers, Now Put Your Hands Up: Revving Up for Teaching Together

The economic bubble burst in 2009 and so did my sense of invincibility. By this time, I had been teaching in the primary grades for six...

Exploring the Facets of Quiet & Shared Reflection

Laura Sarsten

Nov 22, 2019

Exploring the Facets of Quiet & Shared Reflection

Reflection takes courage. Whether you are thinking back to a moment from the past or freeing up your mind to think about what’s ahead,...

The Stars Align: Bringing Reading & Writing Together Through Shared Reading

Sarah Fiedeldey

Nov 12, 2019

The Stars Align: Bringing Reading & Writing Together Through Shared Reading

What is Shared Reading? As literacy instructors, we aim for the reading and writing instruction we provide to fit together in a way that...

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