#147 Plagiarism: What Can Teachers Do About It?

#147 Plagiarism: What Can Teachers Do About It?

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  With new technology such as Chat GPT, plagiarism seems to be a huge issue in the writing classroom.  Does it need to be a problem? […]

#146 We Rate ChatGPT Lessons for English Language Arts

#146 We Rate ChatGPT Lessons for English Language Arts

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  In this episode, Jacob and Pam take a look at GPTChat and try out some lesson ideas. Jacob queries Pam on how she used it […]

#141 Helping Students Build Confidence

#141 Helping Students Build Confidence

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  In this episode, Jacob and Pam discuss how to help students build their confidence.  Students who struggle throughout school often shut down.  When this happens, […]

#137 Lessons Through Skills, Genres, or Themes?

#137 Lessons Through Skills, Genres, or Themes?

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  During a high stakes season, Pam is wondering what would be best: base her lessons on skills, genres, or themes.  Curriculum will follow one of […]

#131 The Animosity Growing Towards Workshop Teaching

#131 The Animosity Growing Towards Workshop Teaching

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. First off in this episode, Pam asks Jacob about his puppy. Then Jacob tells a goat story… And then the duo go off on a […]

#130 Choice: Why It’s a Must

#130 Choice: Why It’s a Must

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  It seems ‘choice’ is under attack in our classrooms. Workshop teachers are finding themselves defending why they allow students freedom to choose their books to […]

#127 The First 5 Minutes of Your Lesson

#127 The First 5 Minutes of Your Lesson

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  In this episode, Jacob and Pam dive deeper into the mini-lesson.  Jacob asked Pam how she knows the mini-lesson is working.  She has a little […]

#126 How to Nail Your Teacher Observation This Year

#126 How to Nail Your Teacher Observation This Year

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  It’s Spring; it’s teacher observation time! This time of year can be the most stressful part of teaching.  It is when your administrator says to […]

#125 What Data Matters?

#125 What Data Matters?

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  Pam has a problem trying to sort out the data that most matters to her Reading and Writing Workshop.  Jacob, who reviews data from a […]

#124 Strategies to Increase Engagement in Workshop

#124 Strategies to Increase Engagement in Workshop

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. The following is a 30min excerpt from our two hour LIVE training we did with our Patreon supporters. If you enjoy this episode, you can […]