#78 When Students Write About Trauma

#78 When Students Write About Trauma

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.  Jacob and Pam discuss what happens when students write deeply about personal issues. When the workshop teacher creates an atmosphere of freedom, students will write […]

#77 Cultivate a Culture of Freedom in Workshop

#77 Cultivate a Culture of Freedom 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. Workshop teachers promise freedom within their classroom.  The question remains, how can the teacher maintain high standards? Jacob and Pam discuss how offering freedom must […]

#74 Before the Writing Begins

#74 Before the Writing Begins

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 Writing Time!” is often followed by “I don’t know what to write.”  Teachers find this part of the writing workshop daunting. Students are staring […]

#71 Strategy or Craft? Listener Question Answered!

#71 Strategy or Craft? Listener Question Answered!

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. Jacob and Pam shine a spotlight on a question regarding a genre study and another regarding how to find text and structure mini-lessons. Ultimately, the […]

#70 How is Craft & Draft Going for Us This Year?

#70 How is Craft & Draft Going for Us 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. Today Pam and Jacob are reflecting on their time with the Craft & Draft journals in their classrooms. What went well and what went wrong […]

#68 Motivation—A Secret Sauce

#68 Motivation—A Secret Sauce

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. Motivation has maintained a primary topic in education for years. Motivating students takes practice and a deep understanding of their students interests, understanding and skills. […]

#67 Tutorials, Remediation, and Other Trinkets

#67 Tutorials, Remediation, and Other Trinkets

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. Jacob and Pam are back in the classroom after enjoying a week of vacation.  They each share how their week has gone. The students find […]

#62 Where Do We Get Our Lessons?

#62 Where Do We Get Our Lessons?

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. Today we are talking about where we get our lessons, and how we think through them. As more and more curriculum becomes following specific guides, […]

#61 Publishing

#61 Publishing

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. Now it’s time to publish!  In this episode Jacob and Pam share how they take their students through the publishing stage in the writing process. […]

#60 Weaving Reading and Writing Together

#60 Weaving Reading and Writing Together

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 podcast opens with a question from the audience all about finding the “go to” resources for workshop, and then Pam and Jacob decide to […]