Author: Christina Nosek

  • Bring Back the Joy! Free Webinar on Monday, March 7th

    On Monday, March 7th, 3:30pacific/6:30 eastern, Melanie Meehan, Georgina Rivera, and I will be discussing practical ways to increase the joy in your elementary reading, writing, and math instruction. There will be giveaways, goodies, and lots of fun. I hope you’ll join us! Register here. _______________________________________________________________Looking for literacy PD? I’m available for on-site, in-school, and virtual…

  • New Book Announcement & Early Reviews!

    I’m thrilled to announce that my new book for teachers, Answers to Your Biggest Questions About Teaching Elementary Reading in Corwin’s Five to Thrive series was just sent to the printer! It will be in teachers’ hands in March 2022! Even though I wrote this book with new teachers in mind, anyone who is looking…

  • Reframing At-Home Reading on The NCTE Blog!

    I recently shared three small instructional shifts to positively reframe at-home reading over at the NCTE Blog. Join me over there to learn more!

  • The Extra Words Are Worth It: It’s Time to Stop the Assumptive Labeling of Children

    Struggling reader, at-risk, disadvantaged, a level M, low reader, below grade level, striving reader, nonreader, these kids, those kids, initiative kids, program kids, label, after harmful label… the list could go on. Did you have a reaction as you read this list of commonly used labels in school? I definitely had a reaction as I…

  • Learning Gain #3: Listen to the Children

    Last week, on the one year anniversary of teaching pandemic school, my fifth grade teaching colleagues and I invited our students to reflect on the past year. We asked our students to consider what they’ve learned, how they’ve grown, what they’ve missed, and even what they now understand that they didn’t understand 12 months ago.…

  • Learning Gain #2: Blunders & Missteps Modeled

    “I can’t hear you. I see you’re not muted, but I can’t hear you.” The images on the Zoom screen showed mouths moving and gestures of conversation, but I could not hear anyone on the other end. Suddenly, messages started flooding the chat… I can hear her, Ms. Nosek.She sounds fine to me.Ms. Nosek check…

  • Learning Gain #1: Friendship Found

    During a meeting back in October with my fifth grade teaching partners and principal, I expressed that I was worried about one of my students. “I’m really concerned that Jill does not have a close friend in the current cohort. She needs that connection to feel safe,” We were working to place our students into…

  • Learning Gained: Understanding & Knowledge Found During a Year of Teaching Pandemic School

    Close to one year ago, on March 13, 2020, my school along with many others across the country closed our physical buildings. We spent the remainder of that spring figuring out how to both teach students from a distance and navigate life in a pandemic. I took the lessons learned from that spring and paired…

  • Getting Books in Their Hands from a Distance: It Takes a Vision & a Village

    This past Friday, teachers, aides, my principal, our secretary, our custodians, a crew of parents, and community members came together to make sure our close to 400 distance learning students in kindergarten through fifth grade have access to physical books to read for the next few weeks. In 5th grade, our students even chose their…