Assessment · How to Save Time Grading Student Essays with EssayScorer Mallory Heath| 11/20/19||As an 11th grade English teacher, one of my biggest passions was teaching writing skills. I wanted them to learn to be autonomous, strong, and…
Literacy · Voting on Storybook Characters Chrissy Talbot| 11/6/19||Elementary teacher Chrissy Talbot blogs about incorporating picture books into the Social Studies block.
Author Spotlight · What has changed in literacy education since ILA 1990? Frank Serafini| 10/8/19||In 1990, I attended my first International Reading (now Literacy) Association conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. I was a newly-minted intermediate grade, elementary school teacher…
Literacy · Using Picture Books To Practice Fluency in Reading Chrissy Talbot| 10/4/19||Picture books are great tools for teachers. I love using picture books to teach just about anything in my classroom. I often read two or…
Literacy · How a Hashtag Made Me a Better Teacher Liz Janusz| 10/2/19||Reading has always been a part of who I am. I remember many of my nights as a kid: snuggled up in bed reading the…
EdTech · Words Their Way Wednesdays Kimberly Waldbillig| 9/16/19||We love seeing educators working with students and our Words Their Way Classroom program. Here are some of our favorite tweets this month. Share your…
Literacy · Book Clubs: A Way to Connect ALL Readers Liz Janusz| 8/27/19||I have to be honest, one of my favorite parts of reading a book is what happens after I finish it. Meeting with friends to…
ELL · Unity Now – Healing with Love Kelisa Wing| 8/13/19||The country is hurting. Saturday, August 2nd, we watched in horror as a terrorist killed multiple people in El Paso, Texas. On Sunday morning, we…