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Rethinking Elementary and Secondary Reading Instruction and Assessment with Equity in Mind

Rethinking Elementary and Secondary Reading Instruction and Assessment with Equity in Mind

by Amanda | Sep 27, 2022 | Assessment, Equity, Podcast, Reading, Secondary Teachers, Support for Struggling Readers

Share Tweet Pin It I wrote this six part equity series to better understand the inequities surrounding the ways in which we teach and assess reading and writing skills in the United States. I wanted to know more. Not only that, I wanted to find...
Rethinking Reading Workshop with Equity in Mind

Rethinking Reading Workshop with Equity in Mind

by Amanda | Apr 9, 2022 | Equity, Podcast, Reading, Social Justice

Share Tweet Pin It Part 1: Rethinking Writing Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 2: Rethinking Reading Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 3: Rethinking Conferencing with Equity in Mind Part 4: Rethinking Unit Design with Equity in Mind Part 5: Rethinking...
When you find out you’ve been teaching wrong…

When you find out you’ve been teaching wrong…

by Amanda | Mar 6, 2021 | Differentiation, Podcast, Reading, Research, Secondary Teachers

691SharesShare Tweet Pin It What are best teaching practices? Have you ever questioned your beliefs? When you begin questioning your beliefs, it is referred to as a paradigm shift.Stephen Covey, the author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People...
15 Ways to Engage Students in Meaningful Discussions in Person and Online

15 Ways to Engage Students in Meaningful Discussions in Person and Online

by Amanda | Jan 24, 2021 | Book Clubs, Discussion, Distance Learning, Podcast, Reading

586SharesShare Tweet Pin It There are so many discussion tech tools available to teachers these days! Parlay, Jamboard, Back Channel, Voxer and even Google Slides and Docs can be used to facilitate discussions among students virtually.  But, what...
My Best Tips for Managing a Book Club Unit

My Best Tips for Managing a Book Club Unit

by Amanda | Feb 2, 2020 | Book Clubs, Management, Podcast, Reading

Share Tweet Pin It Managing a book club unit is tough! Some teachers may feel so overwhelmed by all the moving pieces that they avoid book clubs altogether. This is completely understandable. During a book club unit, students are reading different...
Whole Class Novels Reading Workshop Style

Whole Class Novels Reading Workshop Style

by Amanda | Jul 18, 2018 | Mini Lessons, Podcast, Reading

8.3kSharesShare Tweet Pin It English teachers struggle to fit it all in. We want to teach the novels we love while also allowing the freedom and choice that reading workshop provides. Can we do both? Yes! Keep reading to find out how…First a bit...
A Valentine Freebie: Identify Themes in Literature

A Valentine Freebie: Identify Themes in Literature

by Amanda | Feb 4, 2018 | Holiday Writing, Make Writing Fun, Reading

Share Tweet Pin It Teaching students how to identify themes in literature can be challenging! It takes a lot of abstract thought which students may not even be capable of yet. Why not use the Valentine’s Day holiday to your advantage? Often,...
How I Teach Reading & Writing Workshop in 54 Minutes

How I Teach Reading & Writing Workshop in 54 Minutes

by Amanda | Oct 7, 2017 | Mini Lessons, Podcast, Reading, Routines, Writing Units

6.9kSharesShare Tweet Pin It Writing and reading workshop are powerful methods to teach English. But, how can secondary teachers, who have less than an hour with their students, do it all?!?! I think I have found the solution! Here are the two different...

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