As the weather starts to warm and summer break approaches, you can bet there are conversations happening across elementary and secondary ELA departments about summer reading. Should we select one book that everyone will read? Should we provide students with a list of books to choose from? How will we curate the list? By gradeContinue reading “Can We Assign a Love of Reading?”
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Book Talk: YA Books Featuring Creative BIPOC Students.
Book can help students image themselves doing things they never thought they could do. In the titles below, your students can see themselves as writers, capable of sharing their gifts with the world. Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant is about writer, Tessa Johnson. Tessa only shares her stories with her BFF Caroline. After herContinue reading “Book Talk: YA Books Featuring Creative BIPOC Students.”
Understanding the Reading Wars
Why are there so many struggling readers? Since the pandemic, schools have been engaged in conversation about learning loss and the impact of virtual learning on our students. Federal and state governments provided funding for schools to combat this loss and close the gap. Over the last year, the dip in NAEP scores led to an outcryContinue reading “Understanding the Reading Wars“
Is the lack of YA in school robbing our students?
Censorship of books is not a new concept for teachers. There are always people trying to shield young minds from “inappropriate” ideas. Unfortunately this outrage, while thought to be well intended, is usually made by adults expressing concern about literature read in class because THEY are uncomfortable, not the students. In addition, these objections areContinue reading “Is the lack of YA in school robbing our students?”
Teaching with Equity 