All Episodes

#134 Curb Cheating in the Classroom

#133 Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

#132 Instructional Rounds

#131 The Animosity Growing Towards Workshop Teaching

#130 Choice: Why It’s a Must

#129 Standards and Self-Selected Texts

#128 Working with a Co-Teacher in Workshop

#127 The First 5 Minutes of Your Lesson

#126 How to Nail Your Teacher Observation This Year

#125 What Data Matters?

#124 Strategies to Increase Engagement in Workshop

#123 What Makes a Robust Literacy Program?

#122 Our Top 5 Teacher Moments of 2022

#121 One Lesson a Day to Cover Everything?

#120 One Notebook for a Writing Workshop Class

#119 The STAAR Short Constructed Response Strategies

#118 Reading Conferences and…

#117 That’s Not Good Teaching!

#116 Keeping Kids Engaged at This Time of Year

#115 It’s Not How You Start, It’s How You Finish

#114 Fostering Creativity in Workshop Teaching

#113 Starting with the Standard

#112 How Grade-centric is Your Class?

#111 What is Writing in Writing Workshop?

#110 Managing Independent Work Time

#109 Honeymoon is Over

#108 Lesson Planning Woes

#107 The Value in Cold Writes

#106 Grammar Matters

#105 Vocabulary to Publishing

#104 Continuing the Workshop Journey

#103 We Answer ALL the Questions—Part 2

#102 We Answer ALL the Questions: A Listener Joins Us!

#101 Jacob is an Assistant Principal, What Now?

#100 Your First Day of Workshop (and BEYOND!)

#99 Why The Workshop Process Works

#98 Keeping Authentic Learning the Priority

#97 Doors Open to Kids who Independently Read

#96 Breaking Down State Scores and More

#95 Tech, Cross-curricular, and Workshop Questions Answered!

#94 Thinking Twice Before Using Outside Resources

#93 Advocating for Kids and Yourself

#92 Learning from Success

#91 The Writing on the Wall and Looping

#90 Saying Goodbye

#89 What Makes a Book Literature?

#88 A Time for Reflection

#87 Lesson Walkthrough with Pam Ochoa

#86 Discussing the Latest NCTE Position Statement Part 2

#85 Discussing the Latest NCTE Position Statement

#84 How to Build Background Knowledge

#83 Authentic Publishing Goals

#82 Balancing Demands of Teaching with Workshop

#81 Celebrating Students

#80 When the Product Hijacks the Lesson

#79 Questions and Writefully Empowered is HERE!

#78 When Students Write About Trauma

#77 Cultivate a Culture of Freedom in Workshop

#76 MORE Craft & Draft is Here!

#75 Why Are Educators Quitting?

#74 Before the Writing Begins

#73 Disrupted Plans…Thanks, Covid

#72 Balancing Direct Instruction with Facilitation

#71 Strategy or Craft? Listener Question Answered!

#70 How is Craft & Draft Going for Us This Year?

#69 The Causes and Cures to Apathy

#68 Motivation—A Secret Sauce

#67 Tutorials, Remediation, and Other Trinkets

#66 We Discuss Book Bans and Censorship

#65 Class Novels within the Craft & Draft Model

#64 Thankful

#63 Students are JUST Reading?!

#62 Where Do We Get Our Lessons?

#61 Publishing

#60 Weaving Reading and Writing Together

#59 Keeping Control While Giving Choice

#58 Scheduling Your Workshop

#57 Establishing Purpose to Increase Learning

#56 Hard Times

#55 Finding and Cultivating Student Voice

#54 Expanding Workshop BEYOND the Classroom

#53 Resistors

#52 Our First 3 Days

#51 Discussing the Art and Science of Teaching

#50 C&D Tutorial Questions Answered

#49 How to do Craft & Draft – Tutorial

#48 Are There Non-Negotiables of Reading and Writing Workshop?

#47 Is Freedom LESS Rigorous?

#46 Waiting for Change

#45 Should You Teach Grammar That Way?

#44 Why is it Hard for Teachers to Take Breaks?

#43 Should Students Fail? Listener Question Answered!

#42 That Summer PD Vibe

#41 Diverse Books for a Diverse Classroom (BOY pt.2)

#40 Listener Question — How to Begin Next Year (pt.1)

#39 Differentiation in Workshop

#38 An Ending to Remember

#37 The Quickwrite Handbook and Beyond

#36 We Love Teaching Poetry

#35 Change is Coming to Craft & Draft