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
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
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
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 […]
#105 Vocabulary to Publishing
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 questions about how to teach vocabulary. They each share how they use vocabulary strategies, and teach it within […]
#104 Continuing the Workshop Journey
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. Another year has begun! Jacob and Pam spend a bit of time sharing how the new year is going. Jacob shares how his new journey […]
#103 We Answer ALL the Questions—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. Courtney, a teacher, listener and patron of Craft & Draft, wondered if it would be possible to come onto the show and ask Jacob and […]
#102 We Answer ALL the Questions: A Listener Joins 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. Courtney, a teacher, listener and patron of Craft & Draft, wondered if it would be possible to come onto the show and ask Jacob and […]
#101 Jacob is an Assistant Principal, What Now?
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. One thing is always true about education–each new year brings changes! This year Jacob and Pam are facing changes, also. In this episode, Jacob has […]
#100 Your First Day of Workshop (and BEYOND!)
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 had an amazing opportunity to offer a live virtual professional development workshop. They were able to interact with listeners and patrons. The […]