I’ve been meaning to write about Reading Workshop for ages. Its program is one of the most popular in K–12, especially in my neck of the…
Musings of an edugeek, curriculum evangelist, meme aficionado, and mom
Author: karenvaites
A thoughtful post by Carrie Mattern, reflecting on her experience at the 2019 NCTE conference in Baltimore, is spawning good discussions in social media. Mattern…
A few weeks ago, inspired by a tweet, I published a rallying cry to a group that I’ve been calling Literacy Twitter. A growing number…
You might want to sit down for this one, friends. The most pervasive practice in K–5 reading instruction is probably small group work in which…
Recently, in a facebook group for reading specialists, a post stood out. It was beautifully written to explain issues with commonly-used strategies for early readers.…
So you want to know how kids learn to read – with an eye to understanding what research has taught us over the last 20+…
I’ve long admired #mtbos and its role in professional learning for math teachers. If you know #mtbos, you know… and you probably understand why so…
Here comes a handy blog written for educators seeking to learn more about phonics. Just in time for summer professional learning season! First… why all…
Sonnet 76 is an enduring favorite of mine. It’s Shakespeare writing about writing. It speaks of abiding passion, and I am all passion. I once…
An important national conversation about how we teach reading has been gaining major momentum over the last 6 months, as reading instruction has been in…