Kasey Short finds Brett Vogelsingerโs Poetry Pauses โamazing โ and a must readโ for middle school English teachers. โThe book is original, honest, and filled with practical resourcesโ that can help educators integrate poetry into lessons around any ELA topic or standard.
Middle schoolers encounter and process information in ever-changing ways, writes teacher Jason DeHart, who uses podcasting opportunities in his ELA classroom to teach fluency, explore genre, and engage with authors and authentic audiences. Learn about his six-step strategy.
Andi McNairโs Genius Hour (2nd Ed) guides educators across grade levels and content areas in developing student Passion Projects start to finish. Reviewer Stephanie Choate gives high marks to the bookโs 6-point strategy: passion, plan, pitch, project, product, and presentation.
Want to start a writing club to reach beyond curriculum boundaries and provide a comfortable, social experience for all writers? Sharon Ratliff did just that and shares what worked for students as they took the lead in setting it up and now meet regularly across grade levels.
โI read professional books like movie critics watch films: with a critical lens and respect for my time,โ writes veteran principal Matt Renwick. โIf I am going to dedicate hours to a text that is supposed to help me improve as an educational leader, it needs to deliver.โ
The Heart-Centered Teacher lives up to its promise of renewal, writes educator Sarah Cooper. Routmanโs newest book โstrives to be a mosaic of sorts: a combination of sometimes searing, sometimes poignant personal stories with on-the-ground insights from decades of experience.โ
This year Katie Durkinโs 7th grade ELA students are involved in a weekly routine of G.R.O.W. work (Grammar, Reading, Open Write, and Word Work). Each 15-minute lesson aims to โgrowโ stamina and literacy skills they can apply in her class and across the academic disciplines.
Walking meetings are not only a good wellness strategy, theyโre great for brain-storming, problem-solving and increasing productivity, writes teacher and school leader Kasey Short. The change in scenery, relaxed atmosphere and movement can be like a โrebootโ for body and mind.
With examples from all levels of education, The New Classroom Instruction That Works is a useful tool for beginning teachers and lifelong educators alike. Goodwin and Rouleau capture proven researched-based strategies for every classroom, writes teacher leader Hannah Mickey.
India is different from the U.S. in many ways, writes Fulbright teacher Marilyn Pryle, but many of the issues they are trying to address are global issues that all countries face. Here are three things Indiaโs public schools often do better than their American counterparts.
