Topic: Video

One of the biggest balancing acts of teaching is finding ways to be flexible in the often inflexible context in which you've found yourself.

In this video, Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle, coauthors of 180 Days, reflect back on the past year; what they got to, what they didn't, what they wished they had more time for, and most importantly, what went well.

Our ideas about engagement were for formed in early childhood by our parents, and have been solidified by what our teachers did to 'motivate' us. In classrooms now, many of these old notions are concretized by what our colleagues believe about motivation and engagement.

In this video, Allison & Rebekah explain how simple it can be to get the creative juices flowing with inspiration from 'analysis in the wild'.

If we want kids to learn to comprehend others' identities and perspectives, those identities and perspectives must be shared. To do this productively while also maintaining a safe environment for our kids, we may need to modify our approach.

Welcome to our Book Talk Live with Ellin Oliver Keene, author of Engaging Children: Igniting a Drive for Deeper Learning.

In this video, author Tom Marshall shares sample conversations and the questions he asks as he walks through his school in search of improvement.

Take a virtual tour of the online resources that accompany 180 Days with Penny Kittle as your guide!

The idea for this book started with the question, 'How do you fit it all in?' And their very honest answer is, you don't, and that's the point.

When teaching whole-class novels, Roberts continually asks two questions to determine if her teaching practice truly has students' interests in mind:

This book is for teachers who want to revive the art of analytical writing in their classrooms—from teachers of middle-grade writers who are making their first foray into analytical writing to teachers of experienced twelfth-grade writers who are looking ahead to college where their professors will expect much, much more.

Books are the heart and soul of teaching literacy and our tools to develop lifelong readers. So how can we organize books across an entire school community to support student choice AND instructional goals? And how do we do this on any budget?

In this video, Amy VanDerwater explains that if we are able to harness a love of poetry and use it as a way to demonstrate writing techniques across genres, students gain a better understanding of writing overall.

In this video, Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle speak to the intentions behind the book, and their hopes for helping educators develop their unique teaching methods.

Introducing TCRWP Office Hours: Live Online Conversations with Lucy Calkins and her Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Colleagues

In this video, Allison & Rebekah explain how they've shied away from the bread and butter literary analysis approach, and instead push their students to write with passion and authority about topics they care about, effectively bringing their whole selves to their writing.

The use of different formats helps authors shape the same information in different ways. As a result, diverse sets of sources promote critical thinking.

Even the most disengaged student is passionate about something, and we can leverage that passion to help nurture their writing life.