Three families have contacted me in the last few weeks asking me to meet with their children over the summer months to read, write, and talk about texts. Today was the first meet-up with two of the families which included five students total, ages 5-14. There will be– no worksheets no pre-packaged summer packets no …
As an educator, I enjoy reading articles written primarily for people in the corporate world. Harvard Business Online had an interesting piece about making the most of unique experiences in an effort to build one’s own identity capital. The article began with how to build identity capital and in particular how Meg Jay, author of …
In this time of COVID, our adult kids decided not to send each of their youngest children to preschool. I asked the kids if they were willing to send their sons to our home a few days a week so that I could learn with the boys. My original teacher certification is age 3 through …
It’s funny how conversation with districts I support have turned from the “now” to the “then”. For weeks we’ve worried over getting devices to kids, worksheet packets to kids who don’t have online access (don’t start with me, that’s another long post for another day), meals for those who need them, calls to families to …
What our global community has experienced since the new year began, is unprecedented. Three months ago, no one knew that SARS-CoV-2 existed. Now the virus has spread to almost every country, infecting at least 446,000 people whom we know about, and many more whom we do not. It has crashed economies and broken health-care systems, …
So often when kids are working to recognize and regulate their own emotions, adults step in to tell or even dictate what kids need to do. Our Scholabox team chose to share resources for teachers and families to facilitate discussions, writing, reading, inquiry experiences for kids all around Emotional Intelligence. During this really tricky time …
A pivotal point in a reader’s journey is when she realizes, either intuitively or explicitly, that the goal of reading is to obtain meaning. Understanding the goal of reading moves our students from Reading as Compliance to Reading as Learning — a critical shift. —Dave Stuart Reading for meaning should be the goal for all readers. It …
Reading books aloud to kids can be one of the most powerful practices in your classroom or, for that matter, your home. There’s much for us, families and educators, to appreciate about the read-aloud. This post will be short, but hopefully informative in a “reminder” kind of way. Here for our benefit, quotes from professional …
I posted on FB and Twitter that our family has a monthly subscription box for teachers. For the next three weeks, we are making our instructional guides and family guides available to you free from ScholaBoxThe instructional guide includes articles, media, poetry, that kids can access online. There are writing response prompts, discussion questions and …
It comes up a lot when I work as a literacy consultant on elementary and middle school campuses. Teachers are concerned that their students don’t have sufficient background knowledge to comprehend in deep and meaningful ways. It’s true. What concerns me is that sometimes it feels as if the conversation ends there; that somehow just …
