With teaching methods for reading and writing under constant scrutiny, and high-stakes testing creating intense pressure to teach strictly to state standards, is there still value in whole-class ...
Laura Patranella makes it a priority to read at least one novel each year with her elementary school students, relishing both the depth of these works and students’ communal experience of talking ...
When I set out to try the first-ever aura-reading fitness class, I wasn't sure what to expect. Would my energy reveal that I should stop skipping leg day? Would I finally find out if I had Pilates ...
Every year, early elementary teachers welcome students with a wide range of reading abilities into their classrooms. Some kindergarteners may be reading whole books, for example, while others don’t ...
Chris Stanislawski didn’t read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Students were given detailed chapter summaries for every novel they discussed, and teachers ...
From Welcome to Reading Workshop by Lynne Dorfman and Brenda Krupp ©2023. Stenhouse Publishers, reproduced with permission of Stenhouse Publishers. On a warm August evening, Brenda sits with her ...
This teacher isn't sure whether to be angry or disappointed. Not only are teachers tasked with the gargantuan job of educating the next generation, but they're also stuck dealing with the emotional, ...
Chris Stanislawski didn’t read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Students were given detailed chapter summaries for every novel they discussed, and teachers ...
According to a study recently published in the journal Psychological Science, people of higher social classes are worse than people of lower social classes at reading the emotional states of others.