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“Using poetry is a quick and manageable way to invite children to look at a writer’s craft,” writes Aimee Buckner in her book, Notebook Know-How: Strategies for the Writer’s Notebook. In an ...

In July, Amanda Villagomez, a middle-school language arts and social studies teacher from Oregon, shared her plans for starting and maintaining a classroom blog...

In an in-depth interview on A Year of Reading blog, Patrick Allen talks about his new book, Conferring: The Keystone of Reader’s Workshop. He tells Stenhouse author and blogger Franki Sibberson about the origins of his book and about what he hopes teachers will take away from it. ...

In the second edition of Mentoring Beginning Teachers, authors Jean Boreen, Mary K. Johnson, Donna Niday, and Joe Potts provide mentors with a road map for helping new teachers become confident, reflective educators...

In his new groundbreaking book, Metaphors & Analogies, Rick Wormeli explores how teachers can use metaphors to help students grasp difficult concepts, whether they are learning math, science, or poetry...

Rose Cappelli and her daughter recently went to see the much-anticipated movie version of Where the Wild Things Are. If you haven’t see it yet, read Rose’s review before you head to the theater! If you have seen it, leave your impressions about the movie in the comments section! Ro...

In this week’s Quick Tip, Patrick Allen tackles some of the myths about conferring. In his new book, Conferring: The Keystone of Reader’s Workshop, Patrick maintains that the benefits of conferring with readers are worth the effort of learning to do it well. He...

This week’s Nonfiction Monday selection comes from Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli. ...

This week’s poem, Straight Line, comes from Georgia Heard. Georgia and coauthor Jennifer McDonough are wrapping up a three-blog book tour later today at Carol’s Corner. Ea...

This week Charles Fuhrken, author of What Every Elementary Teacher Needs to Know About Reading Tests, has some tips for preparing students for reading tests throughout the school year—and not one of them involves a skills worksheet! ...

This week’s quick tip is from Georgia Heard and Jennifer McDonough’s new book, A Place for Wonder: Reading and Writing Nonfiction in the Primary Grades. Georgia and Jen are participating in a three-blog book tour this week. Ye...

The following are book recommendations taken from the “Books for Nonfiction Writing from the Heart” book list in A Place for Wonder: Reading and Writing Nonfiction in the Primary Grades, a new bookby Georgia Heard and Jen McDonough. Ge...