Welcome to Season 2, Episode 12! In this episode, Jen responds to this question: “I’m curious about what your conferring notes look like. Do you have conventions or abbreviations that you use find work to communicate between co-teachers? What are you

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 11! In this episode, Jen responds to two question from Mary. First: “What kind of professional development do you recommend for reading specialists working with K-2 students?” And then: “When it comes to struggling read

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 10! In this episode, Jen responds to a question from Lisa: “In a K/1 classroom, what is your ideal balance for guided reading, strategy groups, and conferring during independent reading? I have trouble fitting it all in! my

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 9! In this episode, Jen responds to a question from Carol: “What kind of reading responses would you want students in grades 3-5 to write in their reading notebook during the first few weeks of class?” Thank you, Carol! Ca

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 8! In this episode, Jen responds to a question from Glenda: “I work with 2-5 grade LA teachers. One topic that comes up is reserving titles for certain grade levels. I can understand a couple of titles for read alouds, but a

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 7! In this episode, Jen responds to a question from a teacher who wises to remain anonymous: “Can you share suggestions on how we can include parents in our conversation about how to grow readers and writers? The balanced li

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 6! In this episode, Jen responds to a question from Dani: “I would love if you could share any ideas on how you do encourage home involvement. That’s really what a reading log assesses, I think. I really don’t want to do

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 5! In this episode, Jen responds to three questions, all related to reading logs: Lorie asks, “Reading logs: essential tool or love-of-reading killer?” Jessie asks, “Is there a point when keeping reading logs should beco

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 4! This episode’s question comes from Katie Limbaugh Foristal: “How do you teach Reading Workshop with a basal?” As Jen says, a big question in very few words. Thank you, Katie. Subscribe in iTunes Do you have a questio

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 3! In this episode, Jen answers this question from Tracey: I want to assess my students (2nd graders) using our F&P assessment kit to find their current reading level