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Sarah Fiedeldey
Apr 2, 2020
Author Study, Anytime, Anywhere
While doing a bit of professional reading as a new second grade teacher, I came across something called a craft study. My grade level...
Pam Koutrakos
Apr 1, 2020
Staying Busy- Beyond School and Academics
Katie Egan Cunningham was one of the first people to post sample home schedules to help us maintain some semblance of structure and...
Dana Clark
Mar 31, 2020
Sending Hope and Love Through Read Aloud
Just like many of you, I have been scrambling over the last weeks and trying to come up with meaningful at-home learning experiences for...
Laura Sarsten
Mar 30, 2020
Allowing Space for Reflection: Seizing Opportunities to Learn, Grow, and Change
"What made you happy today?” “What do you want to learn?” “Who will you reach out and connect with?” “What do you want out of today?”...
Kerrie LaRosa
Mar 27, 2020
A Parent Coach's Perspective on Handling Anxiety During School Closures
How can we get through this? As a licensed clinical social worker and a parent coach I am receiving a lot of questions about what to do,...
Laura Sarsten
Mar 26, 2020
At Home Independent Genre Study: A Reading Voyage
Fantasy, sci-fi, dystopian, memoir, realistic fiction, graphic novels, comic strips, cookbooks…. the types of texts are endless! During...
Pam Koutrakos
Mar 25, 2020
Navigating ALL The Resources
I trust we all love Ferris Bueller and remember the “life moves pretty fast” advice? Well, there’s no doubt that right now, life is...
Jamie Surya Yoga Studio
Mar 24, 2020
Keep Moving
Gravity asked her friend and yoga teacher to share some tips with us about how to keep our bodies moving when we are now teaching from...
Shanna Anderson
Mar 23, 2020
Playful Math Practice (at Home)
We play many different roles throughout our day - spouse, parent, employee, friend. Each of our roles are generally defined by our...
Pam Koutrakos
Mar 20, 2020
What Can Coaches Do During School Closures?
Instructional coaches thrive on supporting colleagues, students, and community members. As schools transition to online learning and home...
Pam Koutrakos
Mar 19, 2020
Making MY Plan: Self-Care During School Closings
Like many others, my mind has been preoccupied with thoughts of the children in my home, my extended family, students near and far,...
Gravity Goldberg
Mar 18, 2020
Writing Experiences for at Home Learning
For many parents what we feel confident with is correcting our children's work but that is not the same as teaching and it often turns...
Dana Clark
Mar 17, 2020
Meaningful Digital Feedback
In this technological era where google docs are the typical medium and our classrooms are full of digital natives, online feedback is not...
Sarah Fiedeldey
Mar 16, 2020
Home Learning From Our Little Corner of the World to Yours
As a parent and an educator, one of the hardest things about a dramatic change in our daily living is the lack of structure and...
Gravity Goldberg
Mar 14, 2020
We Are Here to Help
Seth Godin recently wrote, "Day by day, step by step, the present becomes the future, and we make the best decisions that we can." This...
Dana Clark
Feb 5, 2020
Experience
Mark Twain's writerly advice, to "write what you know,” certainly holds true for me. Life often fuels my writing, whether I’m creating...
Gravity Goldberg
Jan 1, 2020
The Gift of Happiness
As our team gathered at the end of 2019 we took time to reflect upon the work we do to support teachers. We realized that while literacy...
Pam Koutrakos
Dec 18, 2019
We Go...You Go Grammar
We’ve wondered about it, discovered patterns around it, modeled it, taught it, and supported it. Yep… now, it is time to take another...
Pam Koutrakos
Dec 11, 2019
Infusing Grammar Study Throughout a Unit
Conventions aren’t icing and confetti sprinkles we apply to a piece of writing as a final flourish. Conventions are baked into the cake!...
Pam Koutrakos
Dec 6, 2019
Teaching Students How To Transfer Conventions Into Their Writing
“You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink.” Ah, yes, this proverb is so true when it comes to teaching, hoping,...
