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 discuss what happens when teachers are open-minded and want to learn about being a better educator from mentors such […]
# 158 Solving Time Management with ChatGPT
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. Juggling the multiple obligations, necessary planning, PLC meetings, daily personal situations, and many other necessary tasks, managing time seems impossible. No matter how one sums […]
#157 Libraries Are Essential
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. Libraries have been a part of our communities for centuries. They began as a repository of knowledge in the ancient days, so other scholars could […]
#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
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)
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)
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?
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
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 […]
#150 Working with Difficult Colleagues (pt.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. 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. […]