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Category: Elementary

2016…

Five Ways in Which High-Quality Literacy Instruction Can Increase Student Interest in Our Content Areas by Kelly Birkett

31 May 201627 Sep 2019
[pdf version here: Birkett-FiveWays] Each year, on the day after Labor Day, the invasion begins.  We stand in the hall next to our classrooms at the sound of the warning…
2016…

Increasing Student Motivation in the Classroom by Mary Jo Kerekes

23 May 201627 Sep 2019
[pdf version here: MaryJoKerekes-StudentMotivation] How do I increase student motivation in my classroom?  It is a question that I ask daily.  Some students have a desire to “get a good grade”,…
2016…

The “Write” Track: Effectively Leading Your School to Incorporate Writing in Every Classroom by Jennifer Simpson

12 May 201627 Sep 2019
[pdf version here: Simpson-TheWriteTrack] Currently, 42 states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activity have adopted the Common Core State Standards (NGA).  Minnesota adopted…
2016…

Making Literacy Teaching a Priority in a Culturally Diverse Classroom by Adrienne Rische

10 May 201627 Sep 2019
[pdf version here: Rische-LiteracyTeachingCulturallyDiverse] Implementing culturally relevant pedagogy in the classroom has become an increasingly important priority for English teachers. In this piece, I will explore the difficulties that come with…
2016…

Read Them Together: Paired Book Reading for Global Literature by Jongsun Wee & Barbara A. Lehman

4 May 201627 Sep 2019
[pdf version here: Wee-Lehman-ReadThemTogether] Abstract:  The need for global literature is growing as the society rapidly becomes more diverse. This study documented American children’s responses to global literature when it was…
2015…

Minnesota Preservice Teachers Perceptions of LGBT-Themed Children’s Literature by Jongsun Wee

30 Apr 201527 Sep 2019
[pdf version here: Wee-Perceptions of LGBT-themed Children’s Literature] Diversity is an important topic that preservice teachers need to explore a great deal before they launch their career. The state of…
2015…

Teaching The Giving Tree by Kandi Heenan

30 Apr 201527 Sep 2019
[pdf version here: Heenan-TeachingTheGivingTree]   Introduction The struggle is real. Defending the significance of using literature across the curriculum is something many instructors face—especially teaching “kid’s books.” Lessons, moral or…
2015…

Sendak’s In the Night Kitchen: Unusual History of Censorship by Laura Cattrysse

30 Apr 201527 Sep 2019
[pdf version here: Cattrysse-Sendak’s In The Night Kitchen] Every child has their favorite fantasy book that mom and dad read every night five times before they can actually fall asleep.…
2015…

Approaches to Teaching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Jennifer Thiel

30 Apr 201527 Sep 2019
[pdf version here: Thiel-Approaches to Teaching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory] Introduction Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was one of the most popular children’s books in the last 50 years.…
2014…

Promoting Literacy Outside the Classroom by Mitzi Watkins

30 Mar 201427 Sep 2019
“Ms. Watkins, my family and I took your book bag with us on our trip to Mexico, and we read the books in the car on our way there and…
2014…

Social Injustice in Multicultural Literature in an Elementary School Setting by Jongsun Wee & Nicholas Wysocki

30 Mar 201427 Sep 2019
Discussing issues related to social justice in multicultural literature can help our children develop an understanding of this concept. (1) These discussions provide a space where children can achieve several…

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2019 Issue

  • We Follow by Sheryl Lain
  • From Café to Class: Bringing Book Clubs Into Your Classroom by Hayley Vetsch
  • The Sustainability of the Empathetic Teacher by Shaina Lane
  • Opposites Attract: Binary Opposites in Alice Sebold’s Lucky by Tanya Stafsholt Miller
  • Write Anything: How STEM Connects to the Writing Curriculum by Amber Beattie
  • Owning Their Stories: Teaching Memoir at an Alternative High School by Amy Vizenor
  • Educating with Little Tree: Reshaping The Education of Little Tree’s Cultural and Pedagogical Value in English Classrooms by Chris Drew
  • Internalizing the Message by Kay J. Walter
  • The Same School Year: Narratives of Early- and Middle-Career Teachers in a U.S. Public School by Lisa M. Dembouski & Kari Eloranta
  • Minding the Body: Towards a Pedagogy of Enactment by Catherine Fox

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  • Technology and Critical Thinking by Jennifer Hiltner
  • Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby by Elisa Malinovitz
  • Theory in Practice in the High School Classroom: Using The Kite Runner to Teach Literary Theory by Taya Sazama

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