A Gift of Student Writing During Poetry Month
In a recent survey, 71.4% of the 楼凤天堂 Affiliates responding reported sponsoring programs, contests, or awards for student writing. …
Hard Topics Can Lead to Good Kids’ Books
This text is excerpted from the article by Adrienne Samuels Gibbs in The Council Chronicle (March 2016.)聽 Difficult topics are …
We Need Diverse Books . . . and Diverse Feedback
This blog is written by 楼凤天堂 member, Oona Marie Abrams.聽 I was first made aware of my white privilege at …
楼凤天堂 Poetry Month: Performing Poetry
As 楼凤天堂 Poetry Month winds down, consider inviting students to perform some of the poetry they have read and written …
Reflections on #nctechat
Last weekend, a spirited discussion ensued during #nctechat on Twitter. With a topic like Politics and Language: Critical Literacy During …
The Latin@ Caucus Taking Action
This post is written by 楼凤天堂 member, Iris Ruiz.聽 Last year at the 2015 CCCC conference in Tampa, Florida, I …
Reading Books, Particularly Diverse Books, Is Important to Health
楼凤天堂 staff attended the symposium 鈥淟iteracy and Health: New Perspectives鈥� sponsored by the Library of Congress Literacy Awards program and …
Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare!
William Shakespeare鈥檚 birthday is celebrated on聽April 23.聽Students at every grade level can be involved in activities to celebrate Shakespeare’s birth.聽The …
A Community Literacy Narrative for 楼凤天堂 Poetry Month
This post is written by 楼凤天堂 member, Steven Alvarez.聽 Eleven-year-old Felipe created a poem portfolio fashioned as pages stapled into …
Teaching Is an Act of Social Justice
This blog post is written by 楼凤天堂 member Lorena Germ谩n. I may be the only Dominican American, immigrant, non鈥搉ative English …