@RewardingEdu

ELA teacher 27 yrs🍎Author of books about #BenefitMindset, #WholeClassNovels, and #WholeChild 📚Edutopia and EdWeek blogger📝 #SEL #altruism #empathy #WEinME

 Los Angeles, CA
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There's room & reason for teaching #WholeClassNovels, right along with honoring student independent reading choice. In my new book, I share my 27 years of success in expanding the literacy skills of students at every level of proficiency. 📚amazon.com/dp/1688980393📚
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@RewardingEdu Is an expert! Wrote a book about it.
Gretchen@offgridteacher4 Oct 2022
Have you ever done a whole class book study? I’m diving headfirst into it (only twice a week on the days our regular reading routine is interrupted by Music). Any pointers? Best routines, especially with younger kids?
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Reaching the Whole Child by Teaching Whole-Class Novels

There’s room and reason to teach whole-class novels, right along with honoring student independent reading choice. ELA expert Robert Ward explains how to do both, as he shares three decades of...

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The Fallacy of Failure: Getting Growth Mindset Right (ASCD featured article)

Using the word “failure” sends the wrong message to students about what true growth mindset entails. It is time to STOP telling kids to embrace failure and to instead help them persevere through ev…

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The Fallacy of Failure: Getting Growth Mindset Right (ASCD featured article)

Using the word “failure” sends the wrong message to students about what true growth mindset entails. It is time to STOP telling kids to embrace failure and to instead help them persevere through ev…

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Enduring the Educational Pendulum: Education Week guest article

After twenty-four years in the classroom, teaching gets tougher for me with every sweeping swing of the educational pendulum. Like clockwork, a “new” strategy or solution is inevitably espoused, ev…

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Enduring the Educational Pendulum: Education Week guest article

After twenty-four years in the classroom, teaching gets tougher for me with every sweeping swing of the educational pendulum. Like clockwork, a “new” strategy or solution is inevitably espoused, ev…

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Four Ways to Reduce Classroom Risk and Reach the Whole Child – ASCD guest article

Intention is everything, especially when educating and nurturing children. Words matter, and specificity with vocabulary determines whether or not adult interactions with kids have the desired impa…

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Four Ways to Reduce Classroom Risk and Reach the Whole Child – ASCD guest article

Intention is everything, especially when educating and nurturing children. Words matter, and specificity with vocabulary determines whether or not adult interactions with kids have the desired impa…

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One of my most popular articles for Edutopia! #GrowthMindset rewardingeducation.wordpress…

Outcasts and Underdogs: 8 More Young Adult Books that Teach Gratitude, Grit, and Growth Mindset...

Superheroes and superstars already captivate kids, and many could teach a master class on these subjects. The fresh perspective teachers offer is how students themselves can and should be heroes. A…

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One of my most popular articles for Edutopia! #GrowthMindset rewardingeducation.wordpress…

Outcasts and Underdogs: 8 More Young Adult Books that Teach Gratitude, Grit, and Growth Mindset...

Superheroes and superstars already captivate kids, and many could teach a master class on these subjects. The fresh perspective teachers offer is how students themselves can and should be heroes. A…

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Growth Mindset Is Not Enough: Edutopia featured article

We educators may be tempted to believe that once students develop growth mindset, they are adequately prepared to face life’s challenges and changes. While in one key respect this is true, outlook …

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Growth Mindset Is Not Enough: Edutopia featured article

We educators may be tempted to believe that once students develop growth mindset, they are adequately prepared to face life’s challenges and changes. While in one key respect this is true, outlook …

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A Balanced Approach to Teaching Literature: Pairing Whole-Class Novels with Independent Reading C...

This is a companion to my Edutopia article, Getting Everyone on the Same Page. Since I believe that balance in all aspects of education is crucial, I teach whole-class novels right along with assis…

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A Balanced Approach to Teaching Literature: Pairing Whole-Class Novels with Independent Reading C...

This is a companion to my Edutopia article, Getting Everyone on the Same Page. Since I believe that balance in all aspects of education is crucial, I teach whole-class novels right along with assis…

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Twitter Education Chats: Expanding your Personalized Learning Network (Edutopia featured article)

Teachers must be models of lifelong learning, but besides occasionally reading books and blogs and attending conferences and collaborating with a handful of colleagues at school, how can we extend …

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Twitter Education Chats: Expanding your Personalized Learning Network (Edutopia featured article)

Teachers must be models of lifelong learning, but besides occasionally reading books and blogs and attending conferences and collaborating with a handful of colleagues at school, how can we extend …

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There are numerous advantages to teaching whole-class novels. rewardingeducation.wordpress…

The Advantages of Teaching Whole-Class Novels (Edutopia featured article)

English teachers are typically literature lovers, so it is natural for them to share their passion for reading with their students by introducing them to great books. However, some teachers find th…

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There are numerous advantages to teaching whole-class novels. rewardingeducation.wordpress…

The Advantages of Teaching Whole-Class Novels (Edutopia featured article)

English teachers are typically literature lovers, so it is natural for them to share their passion for reading with their students by introducing them to great books. However, some teachers find th…

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The Super-Ordinary Hero Project: Matching Growth Mindset with Benefit Mindset

“If more people follow their superpowers– and everyone has one– then we’re going to be better as a society” (Adam Neumann, founder of WeWork, in Time magazine, 2016). …

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Looking for an engaging and meaningful culminating project? #BenefitMindset rewardingeducation.wordpress…

The Super-Ordinary Hero Project: Matching Growth Mindset with Benefit Mindset

“If more people follow their superpowers– and everyone has one– then we’re going to be better as a society” (Adam Neumann, founder of WeWork, in Time magazine, 2016). …

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