#161 When Planning in Groups Goes Wrong (pt.1)

#161 When Planning in Groups Goes Wrong (pt.1)

You can hear the entire episode by supporting us on Patreon today by clicking this link. If you can’t no worries—part 2 will drop next week for everyone who can’t support the show directly. Thank you for listening!  Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we […]

#156 Teaching with LIMITED Resources

#156 Teaching with LIMITED Resources

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 address how to keep teaching when resources are limited.  They each identify possible reasons for the situation and then […]

#155 Making the Curriculum Fit and Flow Through Workshop

#155 Making the Curriculum Fit and Flow Through 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.  In this episode, Jacob and Pam answer a listener’s question about making the part and parcel of a new curriculum fit into the workshop so […]

#154 Workshopping the Science of Reading (Bonus Episode)

#154 Workshopping the Science of Reading (Bonus Episode)

Hello everyone! This is a small excerpt from our exclusive BONUS PATREON episode. We do these episodes every month, and they are usually fully exclusive. Do to the importance of this one, we wanted to let you hear a part of it and then hopefully come support us to the hear the rest and have […]

#153 Activating Writers with Mentor Texts (Bonus Video)

#153 Activating Writers with Mentor Texts (Bonus Video)

Check out the full video here, at our PatreonPLUS tier of support.  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, Pam shares a presentation from her past, “Activating Writers with […]

#152 New School Year… New Us?

#152 New School Year… New Us?

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.  August is here and the new school year is around the corner!  In this episode, Jacob and Pam discuss how the new year brings new […]

#151 Workshop and Special Needs Students

#151 Workshop and Special Needs Students

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 explore how reading and writing workshop enable teachers to comply with the accommodations and modifications of their special needs […]

#149 A Day in the Life of a Workshop Teacher (Part 1)

#149 A Day in the Life of a Workshop Teacher (Part 1)

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 two part episode, Jacob and Pam answer a question about the day in the life of a workshop teacher’s classroom during part one.  […]

#148 Annotation is to Reading as Diagramming is to Grammar

#148 Annotation is to Reading as Diagramming is to Grammar

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.  Should Jacob buy a new car? If so, what should he buy?  Jacob and Pam discuss such questions, but most of all they discuss the […]