Reader’s Workshop: The Early Years I’ve been in love with reader’s workshop for a long time now. Like many relationships, in the beginning I romanticized aspects of it, and took other parts for granted. In the beginning, we shared airy spring days, fragrant with hope and pinky white bloom. Smatterings Read more…
Growing up Appalachian Growing up in Appalachia, I have always felt an unbreakable connection to home and a deep appreciation of place. I can remember, as a very young child, vacationing away from West Virginia for the first time. The days were dizzying with sun and laughter, and as I Read more…
By: Jessica Michael Bowman When I transitioned from my role as classroom teacher to that of literacy coach, I knew it would take some getting used to and I expected there would be growing pains. While the transition was still fresh, a colleague asked me what it was that I Read more…
By: Jessica Michael Bowman While I wasn’t able to attend #NCTE18, I have been fangirling from the sidelines. I’m not the tweetiest of Twitterers, but in the days following that prolific meeting of kindred hearts and minds, I refreshed, scanned, and refreshed Twitter repeatedly – the bleary, red-rimmed eyes of Read more…
By: Jessica Michael Bowman The Packhorse Librarians of Eastern Kentucky NPR’s Morning Edition shares the story of the Pack Horse Library Project. Give it a listen! If you came to this post hoping for a foray into the macabre or for some bone-chilling, creative writing inspiration, I apologize. I so Read more…