Heinemann Blog

Today on the podcast we’re exploring the stories we tell, and how we can create a classroom community that builds space for everyone’s story.

Is your virtual read-aloud feeling disconnected? Try incorporating sketchnotes to bring that real life connection into your online space!

Create a student-friendly set of questions and get feedback while there’s still time to make relevant adjustments. Download a free survey from the author of The Joyful Teacher, Berit Gordon.

The Teaching Writing in Small Groups Study Guide allows K-8 teachers the opportunity to read, pause, try, and reflect, so that students get the best instruction.

Bob and Liz join us today in the wake of both a rise in incidents and increased coverage of anti-Asian hate crimes and racism in the past weeks, months, and year.

When we, Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul and Tricia Ebarvia, began imagining what IREL could be, we knew we wanted a space where teachers could take the necessary time to reflect deeply on their practices and work for transformative change in their classrooms, schools, and communities.

Today on the podcast we’re excited to be joined again by Carla España and Luz Yadira Herrera, co-authors of En Comunidad.

Learn why Tom Newkirk, author of Writing Unbound, believes he is not the ideal person to explore adolescent fiction writing but feels compelled to do it anyway.

It is only when we approach our classroom through the lens of a learner that we can truly experience what matters most to the minds and hearts of our students.

Today, We would like to share with you a resource from The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center that explores the long history of Asian Pacific American Bias in the US and was developed specifically for teachers and caregivers who teach.

The new TCRWP Virtual Summer School Curriculum supports literacy growth in rising Grades 1–6 kids with research-based teaching methods, tools, and resources.

Even in a time of remote/hybrid teaching, the literary signposts introduced in Kylene Beers’ and Bob Probst’s Notice & Note support improved comprehension.

We can prepare our students for academic writing tasks when we invite them to make the kind of writing real writers make.

In Read the World, Kristin Ziemke and Katie Muhtaris tackle the question of what it means to blend technology with what you already do well.

If we want students to develop a love of books and writing, we need to bring fiction back to our writing curriculum,

While we lament the limitations of this unparalleled year, we need to trust that our students have grown and that we have, and will continue to make an impact.

Students have ideas that matter. Learn how to help them share them through stories with Melinda Hayward, a teacher at Prescott Elementary School, Parkrose School District, Oregon.

Today on the podcast we’re joined by Arlène Casimir and Alex Venet as they discuss the ethos of trauma informed teaching practices.