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Teaching Unscripted

A Heinemann blog for curious educators.

Our first live webinar session with Colleen Cruz was packed with thinking about a mindset for teaching writing, strategies to guide repetitive student writing, mirror writing, and more!

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When we create overarching science story lines (science stories) for instruction, students are more likely to remember what we teach.

Today on The Heinemann Podcast, how can teachers improve their practice around LGBTQ needs in the classroom?

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Teachers of middle school reading have their own, unique set of challenges. Some of these hopes for middle school readers might resonate with you:

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Today on the podcast, Jennifer Ansbach talks her about her book Take Charge of your Teaching Evaluation

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In Back and Forth: Using and Editor's Mindset to Improve Student Writing, Lee Heffernan encourages teachers to go from giving writing feedback to students as their teacher, to giving feedback as stude

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Since every classroom will have struggling learners, it is helpful to define the kinds of struggling learners we might encounter and then plan moves to support them.

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When we teach students to express themselves well in writing, we are doing so much more than simply helping them to do better on school assignments.

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PLC Series: Decentering Our Perceptions of Language

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Facilitating Generative Student-to-Student Talk in the Science Classroom

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Confronting Shame In The Math Classroom

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Turning the Tables on Teacher Evaluation

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Today on the podcast, Tom Newkirk talks about his new book, Embarrassment And the Emotional Underlife of Learning

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Dive into the Fall 2017 Heinemann Catalog

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Starting The Year With Student Thinking

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Establishing a Vibrant Community of Readers: Fostering Partnerships, Independence, and Courage

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Rozlyn Linder on Lee Heffernan's new Back and Forth

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PLC Series: Advocacy, Not Neutrality