I want to warn you – I am not coping well. I am not coping with the hatred, bigotry and lack of humanity I can’t stop watching and reading about on social media, 24 hour news cycles and newspapers. I am teary and angry and unable to stay silent. Truthfully, I am also at a […]
Category: Student Engagement
A Personal Invitation to Learning
Recently during an informal conversation following an ISRC meeting a colleague and I were reflecting on a student whose inconsistent performance was a mystery to us. Like all students, he was able to show us moments of clarity and understanding of both content and instructions. Yet, like some of his peers, he also had moments where […]
Moving Beyond Literature Circles
When I first moved up to teach middle school many years ago the conversation shifted from the importance of guided reading instruction to the value of literature circles. These kid-friendly versions of book clubs were all the rage and teacher guides began popping up everywhere. Moving beyond the standard novel study (the whole class reading […]