I was reading a professional text recently that, in many ways, moved me to nod my head so frequently as I was reading that I looked like one of those bobble head turtles that you find at every craft fair and flea market. There was so much I loved about what the authors had to say about… Continue reading (UPDATED!) Expecting Too Much–and Too Little–of Literacy Teachers
Hello friends and colleagues! You may have noticed that my blog has developed...er...cobwebs over the past several months. That's because I've been working on a shiny new website that you can check out by visiting https://shawnacoppola.com ! Little by little I will be moving the blog posts that have garnered the most engagement on here to… Continue reading A Shiny *New* Website!
Ever since the Fall of 2013, when I happened upon an NCTE session in which several teachers from the Opal School shared the incredible work they did with students in grades Pre-K-5, I was enamored. Their guiding principles, which were (and continue to be) influenced by the early childhood schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy, grounded… Continue reading Come Learn With Me at the 2019 Opal School Summer Symposium!