

Recommiting to the Power of Talking About Books by Holly Chopak
We can all agree that last year students were without many of the everyday things that make school feel consistent and structured. Our students did not have a typical year, from holding physical books to using manipulatives to solve math problems. The biggest thing that teachers of all grade levels can probably agree was missing from last year was talking. Students could not talk through their writing piece, share their thinking about a historical event, think through the ste