Jim Burke shares how, by organizing teaching around big questions, he's able to create curricular cohesion and avoid fragmentation by folding together skills, core content, and standards in a meaningful context that engages students of varying levels - even second-semester seniors.

Designing K-12 Curriculum Around Big Questions

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Michael Optiz and Michael Ford discuss strategies and considerations for successfully implementing the Response to Intervention (RTI) framework and providing differentiated instruction to help accelerate progress and growth for all students.

Accelerating Response to Intervention (RTI)

Lucy Calkins, senior author of the Units of Study for Reading/Writing explains how the workshop model of teaching reading and writing differs from traditional and basal approaches. Listen as Lucy provides advice to help literacy teachers adopt the workshop model without interrupting basal programs.

A Workshop Approach to Teaching Reading and Writing

This introductory chapter from Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey's latest book on student vocabulary instruction and development, Learning Words Inside and Out: Grades 1-6, defines a framework for improving vocabulary instruction to make it more appealing and engaging for all students.

Making Word Learning Fun for All Students

Donald Graves (1930-2010), a long-time University of New Hampshire literature professor and prolific educational author, is interviewed by Penny Kittle about his life and career as a writer. Learn where Don found his motivation, why he loved getting up each morning, and what being a writer meant to him.

Secrets of a Master Writer: An Interview With Donald Graves

Laura Robb (author of Teaching Middle School Writers) and Jim Burke (author of What's the Big Idea?) discuss teaching strategies to identify and support the hidden talents of writers in middle school.

Designing K-12 Curriculum Around Big Questions

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