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Rethinking Unit Design with Equity in Mind
In this six-part series, I outline exactly how I’m rethinking my workshop classroom with an equity lens. You can find the other parts of this series here: Part 1: Rethinking Writing Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 2: Rethinking Reading Workshop with Equity in Mind...
Rethinking Conferencing with Equity in Mind
In this six part series I will outline exactly how I’m rethinking conferencing with an equity lens. Check out part 1 about rethinking writing workshop here. Check out part 2 about rethinking reading workshop here. Before getting started, we need to define workshop,...
Rethinking Reading Workshop with Equity in Mind
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 Writing Assessment with Equity in...
Rethinking Writing Workshop with Equity in Mind
Amanda Write Now · 56. Rethinking Writing Workshop With Equity In Mind 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...
The Story of a Teacher Author’s Identity Crisis
I’ve learned and changed tremendously since the events of 2020-2021, you might even call what's happened an identity crisis...I want to share this story here to make sense of everything for myself but also because I know there are many teachers out there that can...
Join the 2021 English Teacher Summer Reading Series!
What are your plans this summer? Hopefully, you plan to do a whole lot of relaxing and enjoy every minute of your time off!But, I know after a few weeks of soaking in all the free time, teachers start looking for opportunities to improve their teaching craft. If this...
English Teacher Summer Reading Series+First Book Up…7 Myths About Education by Daisy Christodoulou
Before we get to this overview and review of 7 Myths About Education, I have a question for you... How big is the stack of books you want to read this summer? If you are like most English teachers, the stack is sky high. This is exactly why I’m hosting The English...
When you find out you’ve been teaching wrong…
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 describes in detail what a paradigm shift is. In...
10 Ways to Bring Mindfulness into Your Life and Digital Classroom
Do you often feel overwhelmed with all you have to do? Maybe you feel scattered and aren’t sure what to focus your energy on. Mindfulness in your personal and professional life can most definitely help alleviate these anxieties. In this blog post I’ll share ten ways...
5 Mini Lessons to Teach Writing Explicitly to Support Struggling Writers
Have you ever felt you weren’t supporting a group of students with writing? Maybe these students had IEPs, maybe they didn’t, maybe they were the students who turned in writing that was all over the place, spelling mistakes, run-on sentences, no paragraphs...you know...
15 Ways to Engage Students in Meaningful Discussions in Person and Online
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 always gets me thinking is...these tools are...
How to Actually Accomplish Your Goals for Teachers and Students
I’m a goal setting master. However, like many other humans out there (maybe you?), I lose motivation quickly and eventually my goals disappear into the ether only to be heard of again when it’s time to make a change and set a new goal...and the cycle continues. A few...