#87 Lesson Walkthrough with Pam Ochoa

#87 Lesson Walkthrough with Pam Ochoa

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 share a lesson that Pam completed in her Reading and Writing workshop using both the Craft and the Draft books. They discuss […]

#86 Discussing the Latest NCTE Position Statement Part 2

#86 Discussing the Latest NCTE Position Statement Part 2

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.  NTCE published their position statement regarding multimodal literacy and its place in the ELAR curriculum. Jacob and Pam discuss the article and their thoughts about […]

#85 Discussing the Latest NCTE Position Statement

#85 Discussing the Latest NCTE Position Statement

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. NCTE recently released a position statement on media in English Language Arts. For the unfamiliar, they often release statements like these. Essentially, detailing their beliefs […]

#84 How to Build Background Knowledge

#84 How to Build Background Knowledge

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 order for students to infer and understand deeply what they are reading, they need background knowledge, such as vocabulary, literature, current events and experiences. […]

#83 Authentic Publishing Goals

#83 Authentic Publishing Goals

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 episode begins by answering a patron’s question regarding teaching informational texts and the writing workshop.  Pam shares how she incorporates choice, writing, reading and […]