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Articles and Guest Blogs
Online Instruction
Let Go and Gain Engagement! (MiddleWeb)
Composing, Collaborating, Conferring, Conversing: Keeping an Eye on Student Writing During Remote Instruction (Two Writing Teachers Blog)
Goals
Goals and Goal Shielding (Educator Collaborative Blog)
Reading Time with Goals in Mind (ASCD Educational Leadership)
The Children in Front of Us (Heinemann Catalogue and Journal)
Conferring
Effective 5- to 7-Minute Reading Conferences (MiddleWeb)
Conferring Well-Even When You Haven’t Read The Student’s Book (Shaped by HMH)
Jennifer Serravallo Shares Her Latest Thinking on Conferring (Heinemann Blog)
Dropping Everything to Read? How about Picking Some Things Up? (Voices from The Middle)
Assessment
This Assessment…Not That Assessment (Ed Week Finding Common Ground blog)
What Standardized Tests Don’t Tell You (Reading Today)
Taking a Teacher-as-Scientist Stance in September (Literacy & NCTE)
Response: Reading Logs Should Be Tools for ‘Students to Spy on Themselves’ (Ed Week)
More of What’s Meaningful: Formative Assessments (Literacy Daily blog, ILA)
Independent Reading
Ideas to Match Kids Up with Stories They’ll Love (MiddleWeb)
Rethinking “Just Right”: Reader and Text Variables That Impact Comprehension (Nerdy Book Club)
Supporting Independent Reading and Independent Readers (Nerdy Book Club)
Choice During Independent Reading; What’s a Teacher to Do? (ILA Literacy Daily)
Tips for Independent Reading (Scholastic Instructor Magazine)
Text Complexity
How Can Complex Texts Ever Work for Below-Level Readers? (Lesley U Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative blog)
So Your Students are Starting to Read Chapter Books!… (Chart Chums blog)
Parenting
Teaching While Parenting: On Kindergarten Readiness (Medium)
Writing
Outline, Re-Outline, Outline Again (Sharing Our Notebooks blog)
Misc.
How Our Teaching Can, and Must, Honor Our Students’ Rights to Read (ILA Literacy Daily)
Expanding Our Approach to Reading Strategies (MiddleWeb)
Author Interview with Jennifer Serravallo: Understanding Texts & Readers (Ed Week)
The Reading Strategies Book: An Interview with Jennifer Serravallo (Ed Week)
Podcasts & Interviews
My Podcast (Teachers Ask Jen Serravallo)
Teachers Ask Jen Serravallo (Teacher Learning Sessions: Podcast Series)
Comprehension
What Are the Best Ways to Use Leveled Texts? (Cult of Pedagogy Podcast)
Understanding Texts & Readers Podcast (Heinemann Teacher Podcast)
Understanding Texts & Readers Read Aloud Podcast (Heinemann Teacher Podcast)
Taking the Fuzziness Out of Reading Comprehension (Class Dismissed Podcast)
Teaching Online
Connecting with Students Online (Not So Wimpy Teacher Podcast)
Powerful Literacy Practices During Covid Era Teaching with Jennifer Serravallo, Part I (Teach Me, Teacher Podcast)
Powerful Literacy Practices During Covid Era Teaching with Jennifer Serravallo, Part II (Teach Me, Teacher Podcast)
Connecting with Students Online (Empowering LLs Podcast)
Deep Comprehension and Digital Texts: A Conversation with Maryanne Wolf (int. J. Serravallo) (Heinemann)
Writing
Writing Strategies with Jennifer Serravallo (Class Dismissed Podcast)
300 Ways to Help Students Love Writing (Cool Cat Teacher Vicki Davis Interview)
Five Ideas for Improving Student Writing (The 10-Minute Teacher Show, Vicki Davis)
The Writing Strategies Book: A Conversation with Jennifer Serravallo (Heinemann Teacher Podcast)
Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks Featuring Jennifer Serravallo (Writable)
Teaching Writing in Small Groups (Teaching MLs Podcast w Tan Huynh)
For Spanish Teachers
Developing Reading and Writing Strategies en Español (The Heinemann Podcast)
Reading & Writing Strategies
Reading and Writing Connections (See episode 6 at this link) (The Written Word Podcast by Turnitin)
Jennifer Serravallo on Reading Strategies and Writing Strategies (Wired Educator Podcast)
Literacy Strategies: Q&A with Expert Jennifer Serravallo (Room 241)
Miscellaneous
Jennifer Serravallo on Formative Assessments (Choice Literacy: Podcast)
In Conversation with Marilyn Burns (Heinemann Podcast)
For Parents
How to Support Your Child’s Reading and Writing (Konstella: Ask Educator Podcast)
Conferring & Small Group Instruction
A Teacher’s Guide to Reading Conferences (Empowering LLs)
Problem Solving for Students’ Needs (Coach Lead Teach)
Interview with Jennifer Serravallo on The Teacher’s Guide to Reading Conferences (doctorsam7 blog)
Making the Most of Small Groups with Jennifer Serravallo (Choice Literacy: Podcast)
Book Reviews
The Reading Strategies Book
Seeing the Matrix: The Reading Strategies Book (Chartchums)
Serravallo’s Reading Strategies Earn a Rave Review (Middleweb)
The Reading Strategies Book Reviewed by Russ Walsh (Russ On Reading)
The Reading Strategies Book Reviewed by Betsy Hubbard (Two Writing Teachers)
It’s Monday: You Don’t Want to Miss this New Professional Resource (Assessment in Perspective)
The Reading Strategies Book – An Invaluable Resource for Literacy Teachers by Erika Crowl (live.read.write.)
Review of The Reading Strategies Book by Jianna Taylor (Oakland Schools Literacy)
The Writing Strategies Book
Easy to Use Strategies to Develop Young Writers (Middleweb)
The Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Writers: A Powerful New Resource (Valinda Kimmel)
The Writing Strategies Book by Betsy Hubbard (Two Writing Teachers)
The Writing Strategies Book, A Review by Russ Walsh (Russ on Reading)
Jennifer Serravallo Has Done it Again! (Teachers For Teachers)
Understanding Texts & Readers
Building Comprehension Using Leveled Texts (MiddleWeb)
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (Third and Rosedale)
Book Review: Understanding Texts & Readers (Coaching, Teaching, Always Learning)
A Review of Understanding Texts & Readers (Teaching From the Left)
A Review of Understanding Texts & Readers (Middle Grade Book Village)
Jennifer Serravallo’s New Book is in Our Stack! (Teachers for Teachers)
