This is the second post in a two part series on ways to connect sports, literacy, coaching and teaching. Please click here to read the first post. When asked how he has used lacrosse as a way to engage kids in literacy and literature, Liam (4th/5th grade teacher; lacrosse coach) said that City Lax...

The skills, knowledge, and dispositions that make individuals powerful educators, capable of inspiring and teaching their students, are similar to the qualities of effective coaches. In this blog, you’ll meet O’Shaughnessy Fellow Liam Driscoll who has been teaching at Annunciation Catholic School in...

Following the first , second and third of four blogs in this series, I introduced our 4th/5th grade expedition , “Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore,” which we hope you will read to gain a comprehensive view of the expedition unit. Case Study #4: Martin’s Big Words...

Case Study #3: Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou Following the first and second of four blogs in this series, I introduced our 4th/5th grade expedition , “Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore,” which we hope you will read to gain a comprehensive view of the expedition unit...

In the first of four blogs in this series, I introduced our 4th/5th grade expedition , “Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore,” which we hope you will read to gain a comprehensive view of the expedition unit. Overview : Our twelve week expedition explores the history of the...

This 4 part blog series will be shared over the next several weeks, highlighting three case studies as part of the expedition , “Making Hope and History Rhyme: Words That Will Echo Forevermore,” and finishing with a "Celebration of Learning" segment. I teach fourth and fifth grade ELA, Social...