#39 Differentiation in Workshop

#39 Differentiation in Workshop

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Differentiation is expected in the classroom, but often teachers, especially those new to teaching, are told to differentiate without the guidance needed to bring […]

#38 An Ending to Remember

#38 An Ending to Remember

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Another year has flown by, but this was no ordinary year! This year Jacob will be saying goodbye to students he has taught during […]

#37 The Quickwrite Handbook and Beyond

#37 The Quickwrite Handbook and Beyond

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode Jacob and Pam share how they have used quick writes in their classes. They utilize Linda Rief’s The Quickwrite Handbook: 100 […]

#36 We Love Teaching Poetry

#36 We Love Teaching Poetry

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  Jacob and Pam talk about how they use poetry in their workshops.  They both discuss how poetry is often undervalued; however, poetry is gold […]

#35 Change is Coming to Craft & Draft

#35 Change is Coming to Craft & Draft

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  One constant is true—CHANGE!  In the reading and writing workshop, the change we desire is for our students to transform their thinking through reading […]

#34 Bridging Reading and Writing in Workshop

#34 Bridging Reading and Writing in Workshop

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  In this episode, Jacob shares how he is still confident and going strong at the end of the school year. He explains that he […]

#33 What Makes a Great Team?

#33 What Makes a Great Team?

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  Pam reveals that when she was a young high school teacher working in teams was rare. From her experience teachers were competitive and often […]

#32 What Should Professional Development Look Like?

#32 What Should Professional Development Look Like?

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Pam and Jacob LOVE professional development—it’s kind of an addiction. They love reading it, going to conferences, and just about everything in between. But […]

#31 The Writer’s Diet

#31 The Writer’s Diet

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  How do we keep our writers nourished? In this episode, Jacob and Pam will be talking about their students who turn and truly see […]

#30 High Stakes Tests vs Teaching

Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching.  Spring brings blossoms, singing birds, little bunnies, and tests.  The testing season places extra stress on students and teachers. Trying to figure out how […]