#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 […]

#136 Are Stations or Centers Workshop?

#136 Are Stations or Centers 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.  Teachers have been told if they are not doing stations or centers then they are not using a workshop. In this episode, Jacob and Pam […]

#135 Creating Context (and all the musings)

#135 Creating Context (and all the musings)

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 word context is derived from the Latin word contexere meaning to weave.  In a workshop environment the teacher is weaving situations that offer tools […]

#134 Curb Cheating in the Classroom

#134 Curb Cheating in the Classroom

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.  Technology makes cheating in the classroom easier than ever before!   In this episode, Jacob and Pam talk about cheating and what they do about it. […]

#133 Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

#133 Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

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 have noticed that moving into the spring semesters, teachers become overwhelmed with all the demands of teaching.   In this episode, Jacob and […]

#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 […]

#117 That’s Not Good Teaching!

#117 That’s Not Good 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.  Jacob and Pam love discussing topics provided by their listeners!  In this episode, they are discussing times when teachers are required to use resources and […]

#116 Keeping Kids Engaged at This Time of Year

#116 Keeping Kids Engaged at This Time of 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, Jacob answers whether high school has reset his barometer on what books are great for kids, and then Pam guides the discussion into what […]

#115 It’s Not How You Start, It’s How You Finish

#115 It’s Not How You Start, It’s How You Finish

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 diving into a discussion around rough making it through the ups and downs of a year of teaching… They talk […]