Heinemann Blog

Welcome to season two of Beyond the Letters! To kick things off, Kate and Maggie talk with guest Arhm Wild about supporting and learning from our students.

The same in-process response that professional writers receive is even more crucial for children. Learn how to teach children to use the language of writers to graciously give and receive feedback.

Leading a school is a lot to manage under normal circumstances, but what does it look like during a pandemic?

Now more than ever, you need to check in with yourself to make sure you’re protecting and nurturing your own mental and physical health. So…how are you doing?

Jamie Nelsen, a second-grade teacher at Shekou International School in China, shares her experience with remote teaching and the journey that led her there

Distance learning poses many challenges for teachers and students. Veteran teacher and Heinemann author, Nancy Steineke, has some ideas for how to make a positive impact.

FOR YOU: a resource that highlights some ways kids can research what they are passionate about using online sources such as videos, websites, magazine articles, or ebooks or audiobooks.

We're proud to be kicking off a new season of our podcast series Beyond the Letters. Listen to the first episode today!

Poetry can be a great teacher, and in teaching, it is imperative to speak to the multiple experiences and languages in a class.

Here are 6 interactive features that Kristin and Katie included in their book Read the World to help you personalize the information to both your professional learning and remote instruction for students.

Heinemann Fellow, Julie Kwon Jee, works to bring diverse voices into our classrooms through literature and in the process is reminded why it is necessary.

Carla and Luz provide helpful tips for choosing multilingual texts while teaching remotely, and explain how you can teach these texts.

Fountas & Pinnell will be providing temporary teacher access to additional Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ and Leveled Literacy Intervention resources.

During this time of remote teaching and learning, teachers can help parents and caregivers notice, support, and extend children’s math thinking with games and outdoor play.

How does growing our classroom environment to be more collaborative reduce the stress of classroom management and improve student achievement? 

Clare Landrigan shares her template for a virtual classroom library, and shows you how to start digitally curating books for your students.

Heart maps help students explore and process feelings. Included are heart mapping at home activities and videos from Georgia Heard.

Carol Jago, author of The Book In Question, shares a lesson that invites students to reflect upon the changes they are experiencing during the Coronavirus pandemic.