Topic: Ellin Keene

Keene: 3 Craft Moves

Ellin Keene provides three effective instructional moves in literacy instruction for crafting sessions that integrate reading and writing.

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Heinemann Podcast Commuter Series: An Integrated Reading and Writing Approach

The Literacy Studio Workshop Reimagined Bright

Enter the Literacy Studio, a new approach to the workshop model that allows for integrated reading and writing instruction without demanding more time or extra planning.

The Planning Wheel A Tool to Integrate Reading and Writing

An easy and practical tool that will help teachers prioritize student’s work time. Download a free copy of the planning wheel from The Literacy Studio by Ellin Oliver Keene.

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Conferring is the process of coming to know our children more intimately, of building reciprocal trust, and of plotting their learning path alongside them.

Leading with Vulnerability

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

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.

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What happens when an entire school embraces not knowing as part of their culture—and evaluation system?

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When Brian Melton confirmed that his high school english students were experiencing a creative desert in their course schedules, this became the problem of practice that anchored his action research.

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What is one important piece to creating change? Examining practice in community.

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Follow the Questions: Using Action Research to Make Meaningful Change is a new On-Demand course by Ellin Oliver Keene that is designed to support you, your team, or your entire school in taking on the burning questions that keep you up at night and finding ways to support each other on your research journey to not only create change, but positively impact the children you teach every day.

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Through action research, the Heinemann fellows initiative brings together a group of educators with curiosity about teaching and learning.

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In this third Turn and Talk discussion, Ellin is joined by Linda Rief (The Quickwrite Handbook) and Sara Ahmed (Being the Change) as they share their stories of their teaching journeys, teacher autonomy, and student inquiry.

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Turn & Talk is a celebration of Heinemann’s 40th anniversary, hosting conversations between authors who have written for Heinemann since its early years, and those who are newer authors, bringing their unique perspectives to the table.

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Turn & Talk conversations will be published on the Heinemann blog throughout Heinemann’s fortieth year, enabling our readers to immerse themselves in the most critical topics in education around the world from the perspectives of two deeply respected authors with very different backgrounds.

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Teacher engagement and student engagement in the focus on this PLC series. Featuring a video from Tom Newkirk and Ellin Keene.

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In many ways, we still structure our classrooms and speak with students as if we value compliance and the look of engagement more than true engagement.

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Even very young readers, while listening to text, and the rest of us while reading, can think about thinking. We can all be more active and engaged readers when we use thinking strategies to understand.