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My Take on Early Literacy: Debunking Common Myths
What is Early Literacy? In my many years of being an early childhood and adult educator, I have believed that early literacy is a social...

Shameer Bismilla
Oct 30, 2021


Just write from the heart!
"I don't have anything to write about", "I don't have a story" - sounds familiar? This seems to be a common roadblock between your...

Shameer Bismilla
Oct 16, 2020


Author Celebration!
Writing conferences happen when you converse with students; you listen to students talk about their writing. You look at students work...

Shameer Bismilla
Oct 11, 2020


Books we read this week
Here are some of the books we read this week - books that support reader's and writer's workshop lessons. We had fun studying how authors...

Shameer Bismilla
Oct 2, 2020


Making Thinking Visible
During Reader's Workshop sessions, children used thinking-stem statements ("I am thinking... I am noticing... I am wondering... I am...

Shameer Bismilla
Sep 26, 2020


Small Moments
What is a small moment? A small moment is taking an event, "zooming in" on a specific thing that happened in that event and writing about...

Shameer Bismilla
Sep 20, 2020
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