Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Thanksgiving Break is next week, so Jacob and Pam have decided to share why they are thankful.     Pam shares how much she enjoys teaching at […]

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Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. “Why, when I come to your room, are your students just reading?” This is a question that Jacob and Pam have heard over the years […]

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Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Today we are talking about where we get our lessons, and how we think through them. As more and more curriculum becomes following specific guides, […]

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Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Now it’s time to publish!  In this episode Jacob and Pam share how they take their students through the publishing stage in the writing process. […]

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Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. The podcast opens with a question from the audience all about finding the “go to” resources for workshop, and then Pam and Jacob decide to […]

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Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Giving students choices to select their books and writing pieces often feels like the teacher is giving up his or her control of the classroom. […]

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Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. All the extra stuff makes scheduling the workshop difficult.  How do you find the sweet spot? Jacob opens the show by sharing the best advice […]

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Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. In this episode, Pam and Jacob answer a listener question about setting norms for the workshop, as it connects to setting up Craft and Draft […]

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Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Teachers have good days and bad days. When our days go different than planned, we realize we need to reset. We reset our mind-set, our […]

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Welcome everyone to the Craft & Draft podcast! We are so excited to bring to you what we love, talking with you about workshop, literacy, writing, reading, and real world teaching. Neophyte writers struggle to develop their voice or style. Jacob and Pam discuss how they  help students find their writing voices. But before they […]

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