#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 […]

#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 […]

#57 Establishing Purpose to Increase Learning

#57 Establishing Purpose to Increase Learning

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 and Jacob answer a listener question about setting norms for the workshop, as it connects to setting up Craft and Draft […]

#53 Resistors

#53 Resistors

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. After 8 days in the new school year, Pam and Jacob are experiencing what they experience most years—resistor students. These students often avoid reading […]

#49 How to do Craft & Draft – Tutorial

#49 How to do Craft & Draft – Tutorial

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Several of the Craft and Draft listeners have requested more information regarding how to set-up the Craft and Draft Notebook System In this episode […]

#48 Are There Non-Negotiables of Reading and Writing Workshop?

#48 Are There Non-Negotiables of Reading and Writing Workshop?

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Structure provides the foundation which enables students to participate rigorously as well as enjoy learning. Designing lessons for such engagement requires the teacher to […]

#29 The Feedback Loop

#29 The Feedback Loop

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  When teachers open up their lessons by offering choices to their students the feedback loop is altered and their feedback opportunities increase. Students grow […]

#10 The Anatomy of a Great Reading and Writing Conference

#10 The Anatomy of a Great Reading and Writing Conference

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  In this episode, we think about how we approach conferencing and how to ensure that we get great results from them. We share how […]

#9 Conferring is the Heart of Our Workshop

#9 Conferring is the Heart of Our Workshop

Welcome back to Craft & Draft! Today Pam and Jacob are coming together to discuss the heart of their reading and writing workshop—the conference! Both Pam and Jacob treat their conferences as sacred ground these days. It drives their instruction, in the moment teaching, and builds a community of learners who respect each other and […]