Our vision for our curriculum has 5 key anchors—reflected in both pedagogy and practice —that we use to align our curriculum and instruction. Alignment allows us to… Read more “Our Core Pedagogical Principals and Goals”
Tag: Reading
Split ELA: Writing and Reading: Re-Imagining Literacy as Student-Driven
What we do in a nutshell. In a student-driven instructional model, teachers co-create the curriculum alongside students. Our priority is to understand who our students are and… Read more “Split ELA: Writing and Reading: Re-Imagining Literacy as Student-Driven”
Reconsidering the Signposts
I had the chance to attend a small group workshop with Kylene Beers and Bob Probst this week where we dug more deeply into their approach known… Read more “Reconsidering the Signposts”
Thinking about Accountability in Independent Reading
When we first launched our Reading & Discourse class, we knew we wanted our students to have total control over what they chose to read. We also… Read more “Thinking about Accountability in Independent Reading”
#TeacherInspo: Nancy Atwell
The red annotation is mine. When we teach lessons on reading, while we might model certain things readers do, we are clear that it’s about teaching them… Read more “#TeacherInspo: Nancy Atwell”
The Proof is in the…
This week has been particularly inspiring. It was in many ways a culmination of the work — and the risks — we have been taking together, my… Read more “The Proof is in the…”
Mac & Marie 🌀 
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