A reflection of AFT's TEACH 2019 Professional Development Conference.
American Federation of Teachers TEACH 2019 Professional Development Conference
We The People – AFT Lobby Day
We the people are the legislative branch. We the people must be informed. We the people must vote in our local, state, and federal elections. We the people must follow through to make our voices heard to our local, state, and federal representatives. We owe it to the next generation to make sure that the … Continue reading We The People – AFT Lobby Day
Creating Book Reviews in Writers Workshop
As the final formal writing piece of the school year students wrote a book review on their book club book. The school district I work for utilizes a curriculum that provides “boxed” reading and writing units that implement the workshop model of instruction, one of the units assigned to my grade level is a book … Continue reading Creating Book Reviews in Writers Workshop
Book Clubs Independent Project
After four weeks of time in class for the independent reading of their book club books and completion of weekly check-in notes, students were presented with the next phase of our World War II book clubs: an independent project. Student choice is important to me when assigning reading projects. I knew that I wanted to … Continue reading Book Clubs Independent Project
Author Visits Bring Reading Alive
Fern Schumer Chapman, author, and her mother, Edith Westerfeld Schumer, pose for a photograph with some of the 7th Grade students. Photo Credit: Amy Hamernick https://twitter.com/AhamernickCJH In the seventh-grade social studies curriculum, students learn about World War II which grants a natural cross-curricular experience with fiction and nonfiction texts about the topic in language arts … Continue reading Author Visits Bring Reading Alive
Update on Book Clubs
We are now three full weeks into our book clubs and my students are blowing me away with their excitement and participation within the reading process. In my prior post, I touched on the set up the process of student choice for students to be more involved and ultimately invested in their book clubs. The … Continue reading Update on Book Clubs
Cultivating Student Choice in Reading with Book Clubs
“I love this” - an actual quote from a seventh-grade student as he met with his book club. I told the student I would be quoting him; he smirked at me and said, “go ahead, this is going to be fun!” My teacher heart was so full. Getting middle schoolers excited about reading is one … Continue reading Cultivating Student Choice in Reading with Book Clubs
