#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 […]

#114 Fostering Creativity in Workshop Teaching

#114 Fostering Creativity in Workshop 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.  In this episode, Jacob and Pam discuss creativity and how to utilize it in the workshop.  Pam shares how creativity can be taught while Jacob […]

#113 Starting with the Standard

#113 Starting with the Standard

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 catch up on two listener questions—one a follow-up from last week and the next a brief discussion about paperwork… […]

#112 How Grade-centric is Your Class?

#112 How Grade-centric is Your Class?

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 explore the world of grading. They discuss practical advice, real world examples, and how grades work into workshop (plus […]

#111 What is Writing in Writing Workshop?

#111 What is Writing in Writing 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.  Jacob asks, “What is writing in the writing workshop?”  Pam and Jacob ponder the question and consider how writing in the workshop is different than […]

#110 Managing Independent Work Time

#110 Managing Independent Work Time

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 answer a listener’s question regarding what to do when students are not following the workshop expectations.  Pam empathizes with the listener and […]

#109 Honeymoon is Over

#109 Honeymoon is Over

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 year is going full blast! The students are comfortable with the classroom, and the honeymoon is over.   In this episode, Jacob and Pam share […]

#108 Lesson Planning Woes

#108 Lesson Planning Woes

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.  Lesson planning is fun until it becomes an overwhelming task.  Pam and Jacob love to figure out how to plan for authentic learning. When the […]

#107 The Value in Cold Writes

#107 The Value in Cold Writes

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 spend some time discussion what makes good teachers (from the mouths of students), replying to listener comments, and diving […]

#106 Grammar Matters

#106 Grammar 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. In this episode, Pam and Jacob answer a question about how to grade authentic writing with the standard as the core focus. They then dive […]