#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 […]

#2 Possibilities and Surprises with Online Teaching!

#2 Possibilities and Surprises with Online 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.  In this episode, we discuss our plans for beginning the new year, and how our experience is working out so far. We talk through […]

#1 Our Beliefs About Literacy

#1 Our Beliefs About Literacy

Welcome everyone to the first episode of the Craft & Draft podcast! We couldn’t be more excited to be here, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. It’s what we love, and if you’re reading this, we assume you love it too!  In this episode, we dive into our beliefs […]