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Stories from the Field

Stories from the Field

Michael O'Connor - Coyle Fellow

Collaboration as a Vehicle for Critical Inquiry & Engagement in Literacies (Part 3 of 4)

How does collaboration promote critical inquiry and engagement in literacies for educators and students? This is the common question introduced in my first blog post of this series , which connects three practitioner spotlights (parts 2 thru 4 of the series). The spotlights read like an interview...

December 10, 2018

#WhyITeach: An Ode to Reading and Writing

For our first installment of the #WhyITeach series, the CLE is pleased to spotlight an incredible educator, Emma Fleming. Ms. Fleming is a fourth-grade teacher at Our Lady of Fatima School in Stockton, California. She taught elementary school music in Ireland and is serving her second year as an ACE...

Francesca Ciaramitaro

Fanning the Flames: Building Connections and Strengthening Reader Identity (Part 2 of 2)

“Middle school reading was so much fun and refreshing. It opened my mind to new enjoyable genres and I always had a book in my hand. I loved learning what a book can do and where you can go while reading.” - Juliana With literature circles as the springboard, my classroom’s reading culture has...

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