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.  In this episode, Jacob and Pam answer a listener’s question about getting students to branch out from genres they prefer to write in. […]

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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.  This year has moved at a rapid pace.  School rounds the last few curves in the road before it reaches the last stretch of […]

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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.  We stand on the shoulders of the giants who have gone before us!  Laura Robb is one of those giants in education.  She has […]

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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.  In this episode, Jacob and Pam discuss what we are seeing as our students are experiencing the challenges of school during this most uncertain […]

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Welcome to the Craft & Draft podcast with Jacob Chastain and Pam Ochoa!  We love talking about our craft!  We believe that the Reading and Writing Workshop grows our students as thinkers, readers, and writers. We face the daily challenges of the classroom and our discussions help us, so we want to share them with […]

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