It sure has been a rough few months! Some of you have just wrapped up the school year and others will be doing so within the next week or so. You may be experiencing a whole range of emotions: relief that you survived teaching during a pandemic, disappointment or grief over the end-of-year rituals and …
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How to Plan NOW for Summer Inspiration
I realize that professional reading isn’t the first thing on your mind right now. But, in the event that you want to do some professional reading and be inspired over the summer, NOW is the time to order the titles on your wishlist! Why? Because Heinemann is offering a 40% discount and free shipping through …
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Teachers: You Are Missed More Than You Know!
I am media-challenged. I don’t know the names of famous actors/actresses, don’t remember the names of even popular songs or artists, and can’t remember if I have seen a movie or not. My husband says, “Yes, we have seen this movie but you slept through it.” He might be right, but even if I was …
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Why Kids Should Read at Least 20 Minutes a Day—POWERFUL!
What if what’s best for kids is also something that is easy to implement? I recently had a conversation with a literacy coach from one of the districts that I support. She shared with me some of the struggles her teachers are having as they launch their distance learning plans. Even though this new normal …
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Free Resources to Support Independent Reading at Home
The research couldn’t be more clear: to grow readers, we need to get them reading…a lot! And to get them reading, they MUST.HAVE.BOOKS! In his seminal book on the effects of free voluntary reading, The Power of Reading, Stephen Krashen says this about access: “It is certainly true that you can lead a horse to …
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Read It for Me
Here we are, a month into the COVID-19 quarantine. When the shelter in place recommendation-turned-ordinance became a reality, I decided I should make the best of it and tackle some of those projects I never have time to do during the school year. I also decided to take time to relax with some good books. …
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Teacher Tribute: You
Something we are really excited about here at Teacher2TeacherHelp is Teacher Tribute Tuesdays. Beyond our own families, teachers are our favorite kind of people. We hope to use our platform to pay tribute to inspirational, selfless, and dedicated teachers that have touched our lives and yours. For our very first Teacher Tribute Tuesday, we could …
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Rainbow Editing
In Legos and Editing and One-Minute Editing Check, I shared the idea of giving students a lens through which to edit their writing. Rainbow Editing is another strategy that helps them do that. The physical use of a different color of pencil for each convention gives students a concrete tool for a skill that often seems …
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