This is a guest post written by Chantal Winstead 51ÁÔÆæ’s P12 Policy Analyst from Virginia. In March 2013, after recognizing writing weaknesses in Virginia’s 11th-grade English Standards of Learning (SOL)…
This post is written by member Amy Estersohn. One way to help students connect with books is to engage with the authors who write them. Here are five easy ways…
I’m in two, sometimes three, book groups and I know from experience that interesting, delightful, luscious, learning feeling of discussing a common read with others—one version of an English teacher’s…
…theme an exclusionary category. Rather, the themes and examples can be a tool to help build increasingly diverse collections. Within each category, I provide picture book recommendations diverse in character…
…either fold our tents and go hide in the woods, or we can adapt and build a better campsite. This excerpt addresses the process of adapting literary texts to song,…
Join us on Sunday, August 15, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #51ÁÔÆæchat where members of the Build Your Stack® committee, Lynsey Burkins (@lburkins), Gary Gray, Jr. (@GaryRGrayJr), and Nate…
…Build Your Stack® committee members Jen Vincent (@jvincentwrites) and Carrie M. Santo-Thomas (@CMSThomas). We will share the following questions during the Twitter chat: WARM-UP: Please introduce yourself! Share any personal…
…to explore this challenge with your students every November. It is a great way to build community in the classroom and give students freedom of creativity. It was fun talking…
Learn More When You Register for this Educator Advocacy Webinar “It has been said that those closest to the pain should be closest to the power. . . ….
…and we celebrated International Literacy Day on September 8. It’s an ideal time for us as educators to reflect on how we can build lifelong literacy skills in our students….
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