Charting the Past: A Table of Contents

With the official arrival of summer and the 4th of July already come and gone, we here at Chartchums began to reflect on the past year by looking back over the 30 posts since the publication of our book Smarter Charts (Heinemann, 2012). We feel so fortunate to have so many supporters and to have met so many of you this year. We thought it might be fun to have a “Top Ten” list of favorite posts or  to do a “Best Of” chart photos, but as we continued to think what would be most useful to teachers we came to the conclusion that simple might be best. A simple Table of Contents to help you find what you need when you need it, just like a good chart. We hope you agree and we definitely hope you find it helpful.

Chartchums 2012-2013 School Year Table of Contents

August 2012

• Getting Back in the Groove (management & routines)
• Going for the Gold: Creating Charts that Challenge and Rally Children (Olympic inspriations)
• Here! Hear! (QR codes)
• Let’s Talk About How to Draw
• Let’s Talk More About Drawing

September 2012

• Keeping Charts Close (table charts)
• From Mine to Ours (co-authoring charts)
• Live From New York…It’s Chartchums! (webcast with education-talk radio)
• Clarity is Key (using charts to help plan lessons)

October 2012

• Revising Charts for Clarity and Purpose
• Stay Tuned to Education Talk Radio!
• Chartchums, Not Just For Literacy Anymore (choice time, social studies & science)
• Sharing is Caring: Ideas, Tools, and Charts (charting ideas from teachers)
• Chart Q & A (answers to most asked questions about charts)

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November 2012

• Vocabulary Visuals – Using Charts to Help Make Words Stick
• Life Imitates Chart (community building & management)

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December 2012

• Guest Post: A Special Educator Weighs in on the Writing Workshop  (Kathryn Cazes)

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January 2013

• A New Year, A New Start (a focus on independence)

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February 2013

• Planning with charts: What came first, the chart or the teaching?
• Keeping Charts Close – Part 2 (more ideas for using table charts)
• Chat and Chart (co-creating charts with children)

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March 2013

• Charting Celebrates Effort (supporting stamina and volume)
• Inquiring Minds Want to Know (using charts to support inquiry study)

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April 2013

• Charting Poetry
• Charting Poetry Part 2
• Charting Science Writing  (supporting a unit of study)

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May 2013

• What’s Play Got To Do, Got To Do With It? (Answer: Everything) (goal-setting)
• So your students are starting to read chapter books!… (guest post by Jennifer Serravallo)

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June 2013

• Whether Gearing Down or Revving Up…Setting kids up for independence  (supporting children to use what they have been taught)
• The Upside of Downtime  (summer suggestions for teachers)

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Happy Charting!

Marjorie & Kristi