Topic: Covid_19

Catch up up the recent Facebook live with digital teaching and learning experts Katie Muhtaris and Kristin Ziemke!

Welcome to The Year Ahead, a mini-series from the Heinemann Podcast, hosted by Meenoo Rami, author of Thrive: 5 Ways to (Re) Invigorate Your Teaching.

How can we use the wisdom we gained this last spring to create a learning environment where more students thrive? One way is to nurture student inquiry.

During this pandemic, with shortened instructional time, our grading practices must encourage our students, not impede their growth. A blog post from the authors of 180 Days.

Creating a sense of community is necessary for student engagement and motivation. How does one do that while social distancing? A teacher shares her plans.

Why are math facts so important? Is fact fluency the same as memorization? Why the concern about attention to math facts during the pandemic?

Part 2 of a 3 part miniseries of free downloadable lessons from the authors of Read The World, Kristin Ziemke and Katie Muhtaris.

This fall, we will continue to provide high-quality professional development to you on a wide range of topics — virtually! What does this mean? It means that no matter where you live, you have many more choices than before. It means more options for finding something that fits your goals and schedule.

How do we create a welcoming classroom environment during a pandemic? What about while teaching online, or in a blended approach?

Learn how this pandemic has forced High School Teacher and Author, Liz Prather, to examine her practice and rethink how to frame learning so that it’s logical and engaging to students.

How can middle and high school English teachers build a community of readers online? A simple idea from Penny Kittle’s Book Love might just be the answer.

In planning for what school will look like in the fall, we need to acknowledge the difficulty of teaching in these times, support each other as educators, and acknowledge our professional grief.

How to Make Your Writing Workshop Thrive - Whether In Person, Online, or a Blend of Both by Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O'Dell.

Sarah Zerwin shares her thinking about returning to school in the Fall. Whether it be in-person, blended, or entirely online, she is leaning on six key beliefs developed over 24 years in the classroom to guide her.

Here is a current list, by product line, of digital resources that will be available this fall for verified product owners.

The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project community has developed resources that will help you rise to the challenge of the 2020-21 school year.

Throughout April and May, Heinemann surveyed over 1,300 educators including classroom teachers, interventionists, literacy coaches, and reading specialists. From these surveys, we learned more about the obstacles educators faced during the early stages of the COVID19 pandemic.

Leading a school is a lot to manage under normal circumstances, but what does it look like during a pandemic?