-May 21, 20213 minStorytelling: just as important as read aloud.Tell, not read. When I read Mindset for Learning a few years ago for the first time (it's one you'll revisit over and over again), the...
-May 21, 20213 min1st Grade Beginnings.Another sentimental post. The teacher I took over passed away a few months later and I still think about her and this class often. This...
-May 21, 20212 minJoining in dramatic play is critical.This post, from my time as a literacy coach, is sweet, but also sentimental to me because the children were in my kindergarten class the...
-May 21, 20211 minVocabulary.As I wandered by the sandbox in PreK today, I heard the noise of sirens! Three boys were playing, there were cars, policemen, and a chase...
-May 21, 20212 minThink time.Today I was working in a second-grade class pulling students and asking them a comprehension question after a read aloud. The work was...
-May 21, 20212 minBe kind... to yourself.Recently, I read a fascinating article on Edutopia about something called 'vicarious trauma' that really touched on a time in my career I...