Topic: Video

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Watch a FREE planning video and download a FREE study guide from Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O’Dell, coauthors of A Teacher’s Guide to Mentor Texts.

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Catch up on the Marilyn Burns Slow Twitter Chat. Watch video clips of math interviews and share your thinking of what is happening either in the blog comments or on Twitter using #ListeningToLearn.

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It helps to start small. A beautifully crafted sentence is filled with interesting decisions the writer has made, and there’s so much to learn.

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

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Watch Jennifer Serravallo discuss her new book, Teaching Writing in Small Groups, in a special LIVE recording.

Cornelius Minors Guide to Making Classroom Change

Sometimes the things that we have to do become tradition, and as tradition ages sometimes those practices do not serve all children. Sometimes we have to change an established way of doing things in order to better serve our kids.

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Educational rap artist Corey Thornton was contacted by the producers of GMA3 to share his story. Watch the video!

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Listen in or watch as Dr. Sonja Cherry Paul and Tricia Ebarvia talk about centering racial equity in our literacy practices and their upcoming (virtual!) Institutes for Racial Equity in Literacy. #IREL20 ⁠

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Lucy Calkins and colleagues discuss the challenges involved with teaching and leading during the coronavirus and answer attendees questions.

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Collaboration isn’t kids working quietly and peacefully at all times—it can be noisy and it often involves some push and pull among members.

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Reimagining a strategic learning space is mostly about being mindful of the evolving needs of learners.

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Technology is a tool, not a goal, and it’s up to us to ensure that our students know how to use it effectively.

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When students are provided opportunities to pursue writing in genres of their choice their engagement increases, which is a baseline requirement for a successful and joyful writing life.

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If someone tells you teaching is easy, they probably don't really know teaching.

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Cultural norms and adult attitudes and behaviors define for children which differences matter and which do not.

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We had the chance to ask teachers what advice they would give themselves in their first year of teaching (if they had a time machine, of course). Here's what they had to say...

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As teachers, our no responses must be about our students. Because our students and their needs are dynamic, those paths shift and change.

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Our goal for all of our students is that they will use the skills we teach them independently.