Tag: Literacy

Every Friday, Mr. Reading Pot would make a grand entrance into the classroom and be seated in the middle of a large circle of squirrely kids. Mr. Reading Pot was a bad-tempered and curmudgeonly fellow.

We called our project the Earth Authors Program. It began with Ramnath setting the groundwork by giving children an authentic reason for writing.

Lesson study works especially well for areas of teaching that have rigorous research, like the science of reading.

What would it look like if you got three students to write a beginning, middle, and end to a short story?

These words are written in memory of Jay Vavra, my former teaching partner...

Exhibitions of student learning, with their many projects, activities, and associated...

As I sit in a small living room, an elderly woman details her experiences fifty years ago.

As of yesterday, it had been 13 weeks, or 55 school days, since school started. Yet it was...

In the world of project-based learning, prototypes are necessary for success...

“The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything..."