Craft & Draft

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.  Reading workshop is designed to help students to create their reading loves and sponsor a love for reading; however, the other side (so to speak) says that this philosophy is not helping students be better readers. So...

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.  It has been a busy year and the time of essay writing is upon everyone.  Educators in all situations are feeling the pressure to get their students up to par composing essays. In this episode, Pam discusses how she go...

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. This episode was previously published as a BONUS for Patreon. If you want more episodes like this, or if you just want to support the show, click here.  Jacob and Pam want to begin by thanking you for your support! In...

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. This episode was previously published as a BONUS for Patreon. If you want more episodes like this, or if you just want to support the show, click here.  School does stress us out; however, school is a place we love!  I...

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, Jacob and Pam dialogue about the most essential element for a school to have success. Jacob speaks on how educators must love teaching.  He shares his unique perspective and the observations he has ma...

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. This episode was previously unreleased on FREE feeds and was only available for our Patreon supporters. If you want more episodes like this and more content from the show, support us here.  In this episode, Jacob and P...

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, Jacob and Pam focus on how education may be changing.  Jacob asks Pam why it seems schools are leaning more on programs to help teach reading.  She shares several reasons why she thinks the change is...

THIS EPISODE WAS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED FOR THE SHOW’S PATREON SUPPORTERS. If you enjoy this, please consider supporting the show here and get many more episodes and training videos NOT released on free feeds. 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. Jaco...

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, Jacob and Pam dive into how to set-up a classroom.  Jacob explains how a teacher places the desks will make a difference in how learning takes place. He asks, ‘Why do teachers often resort to rows rat...

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.  Jacob and Pam begin the new year with memories.  They talk about food, grandparents,as well as the differences between country life and city life.  The conversation turns to how teachers, through the art of teaching,...

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, Jacob and Pam think about all that hinders learning in the classroom from no time to mandates and many other factors that creep into the schools.   Jacob takes everyone on a journey of the past. He po...

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, Jacob and Pam talk about the importance of story.  Pam attended the Abydos International Writing Trainers’ and Teachers’ conference and she came back with thoughts about listening to our students’ sto...

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, Jacob and Pam talk about the importance of story.  Pam attended the Abydos International Writing Trainers’ and Teachers’ conference and she came back with thoughts about listening to our students’ sto...

Several of the Craft and Draft listeners have requested more information regarding how to set-up the Craft and Draft Notebook System They begin with the first page of the Craft Book. Jacob shares how he has his students organize their Craft Book from the table of contents to the individual mini-lessons, and includes how students set goals. Pam discusses how each element enables the teacher to moni...

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. As school moves into the holiday season, many teachers are wondering what they need to do to maintain growth and move the students forward.  In order to move forward, teachers must look back over the semester progress....

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. As school moves into the holiday season, many teachers are wondering what they need to do to maintain growth and move the students forward.  In order to move forward, teachers must look back over the semester progress....

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, Jacob and Pam share how they are thankful for you, our audience! So they want to give back and create some bonus content exclusive to their Patreon listeners. Jacob and Pam will be podcasting live fou...

Support the show on Patreon to get access to bonus episodes, training videos, and so much more. Click here to join our community.  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. This episode picks up where last week left off. We just closed our talk on creating rea...

Support the show on Patreon to get access to bonus episodes, training videos, and so much more. Click here to join our community.  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, Jacob and Pam discuss how to build a reading culture.  Pam shares how...

Support the show on Patreon to get access to bonus episodes, training videos, and so much more. Click here to join our community.  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, Jacob and Pam discuss why it is important to build a writing and read...

You can listen to this full episode right now by supporting us on Patreon.  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. How do you know your students are progressing before the final assessment? In this episode, Jacob and Pam discuss how they check for progress...

You can listen to this full episode right now by supporting us on Patreon.  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.  How do you know your students are progressing before the final assessment? In this episode, Jacob and Pam discuss how they check for progress...

You can hear the entire episode by supporting us on Patreon today by clicking this link. Thank you for listening!  If you missed part one, When Planning in Groups Goes Wrong, check it out here.  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. Schools and districts e...

You can hear the entire episode by supporting us on Patreon today by clicking this link. If you can’t no worries—part 2 will drop next week for everyone who can’t support the show directly. Thank you for listening!  W elcome 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...

Hello everyone! This is a sample of a bonus episode that you can get if you join us on Patreon. We answer listener questions like this all the time, and would love to tailor episodes to your needs. Click here if you would like us to help you out with a specific question.  In today’s bonus episode we respond to: It’s been a challenge finding balance this year. Lots going on at home and school...