#12 The Art of Letting Go

#12 The Art of Letting Go

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Craft & Draft! Last week, Pam and Jacob discussed how to spice up a stale classroom workshop. They pointed out that all workshops stall at times, and that’s ok. They also discussed how trusting the process, trying new model texts, and changing how students publish could lead to exciting […]

#11 When Workshop Needs Some Spice

#11 When Workshop Needs Some Spice

**A quick note: Jacob had audio issues on this one…Please forgive us for the hum in the episode! It will be fixed!  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 […]

#10 The Anatomy of a Great Reading and Writing Conference

#10 The Anatomy of a Great Reading and Writing Conference

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, we think about how we approach conferencing and how to ensure that we get great results from them. We share how […]

#9 Conferring is the Heart of Our Workshop

#9 Conferring is the Heart of Our Workshop

Welcome back to Craft & Draft! Today Pam and Jacob are coming together to discuss the heart of their reading and writing workshop—the conference! Both Pam and Jacob treat their conferences as sacred ground these days. It drives their instruction, in the moment teaching, and builds a community of learners who respect each other and […]

#8 Planning to Teach Critique to 7th Graders

#8 Planning to Teach Critique to 7th Graders

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.  We are continuing to check over our lesson plans to see what is ahead. We see that in our curriculum our students will need […]

#7 Lesson Planning to Teach Informational Text

#7 Lesson Planning to Teach Informational Text

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.  Creating lessons is what teachers do, so in this episode planning the next lesson is what we are doing! In the curriculum, Pam is […]

#6 Oral Storytelling and the Brain

#6 Oral Storytelling and the Brain

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, oral storytelling, and real world teaching. In this episode, we hold nothing back in our DEEP dive into everything English—from the origin of oral stories to how the […]

#5 The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

#5 The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… and everything in between!  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, we look back to our […]

#4 The Scarlet Ibis

#4 The Scarlet Ibis

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, we explore how to keep our students the most important part of our instruction. As we complete our first six weeks, […]

#3 Paper is Still King

#3 Paper is Still King

We’re Back in The Classroom! 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, we express how excited we are to be back in the classroom! We discuss how we […]