#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 […]

#129 Standards and Self-Selected Texts

#129 Standards and Self-Selected Texts

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 question about how to be standard focused when students read a variety of self selected texts. How […]

#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 […]

#123 What Makes a Robust Literacy Program?

#123 What Makes a Robust Literacy Program?

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR JAN 7th ZOOM TRAINING! Click here to secure your spot!  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.  What needs to be included in a robust reading program?  […]

#122 Our Top 5 Teacher Moments of 2022

#122 Our Top 5 Teacher Moments of 2022

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 take a reflective tour down their 2022 lives. They each share their top 5 moments that connect to their teacher lives […]

#121 One Lesson a Day to Cover Everything?

#121 One Lesson a Day to Cover Everything?

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 spice things up by using listener questions to jumpstart the show! The listener question comes from a longtime Patreon supporter and […]

#118 Reading Conferences and…

#118 Reading Conferences and…

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 discusses how he sees the post covid era for schools may develop and shares his perspective on how covid has impacted the work of […]