Heinemann Blog

Thought leadership supporting the latest innovations in K-12 education.

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Meet a few more of our Heinemann virtual consulting authors and invite to your school to expand your professional development.

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The words we use to talk about writing and revision matter. Some things to consider from Heinemann Authors, Chris Hall and Mike Anderson.

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Heinemann is pleased to announce the latest addition to our growing line of audiobooks, Writing Unbound: How Fiction Transforms Student Writers by Thomas Newkirk.

Textured Teaching Read Aloud

Today on the podcast we have a sample from Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices, read by author Lorena Germán.

Cultivate Your Reading and Writing Practices A Self Reflection Tool From Stephanie Affinito 3

The self reflection tool you didn't know you needed from the author of Leading Literate Lives, Stephanie Affinito.

Leading with Vulnerability

David Rockower illustrates how middle and high school teachers can build engagement and foster genuine student relationships by embracing vulnerability.

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How studying decimals empowered students to change their community: A blog by Margie Pearse, coauthor of Math by the Book: Fifth Grade.

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How best to support neurodiverse leaners: A blog from Mac Gander, an educator with more than three decades of experience in the field of neurodiversity.

Embracing Grief in the Classroom Podcast

Addressing grief in the classroom can be challenging, but educators play a special role in helping students move through difficult life events.

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Heinemann is pleased to announce the latest addition to our growing line of audiobooks, The Civically Engaged Classroom by Mary Ehrenworth, Pablo Wolfe, and, Marc Todd.

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Making space for students to solve problems in different ways and making mental math an integral part of your teaching.

Developing a Mindset for Revision Podcast

What if revision is something that happens in the mindset of the writer during the writing process? This is the question that Chris Hall answer in The Writer’s Mindset.

The Writers Mindset Conferring and Peer Conferring Around Strengths 2

When our students are writing with optimism, all sorts of questions and possibilities stream through their minds.

Podcast Bringing Back Fiction

When’s the last time your students got to write creatively? Or craft a piece of fiction that was entirely their own?

3 Strategies for Creating a Student Centered Culture

Once we understand the ways in which a school’s culture impacts our students, we can make shifts to make the school environment more trusting, collaborative, and welcoming.

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When interviewing students to find out how they reason numerically―focus on how they explain their thinking. You might be surprised by what you hear.

When is the last time you blocked off time on your calendar for YOU? In a changing world full of uncertainty and busyness, we might struggle to make our own reading and writing a priority.

On the podcast Engaging with Math in Literature

How do stories create space for mathematical thinking? Today on the podcast we’re joined by Sue O’Connell, lead author of the Math by the Book series, and two of her co-authors Danielle Moore, and TJ Jemison.

*The views expressed in our blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of Heinemann.