A Chartchums Table of Contents 2013-2014
Posted: August 16, 2014 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: charts, table of contents 1 CommentAs teachers across the world ready themselves for the new school year ahead, we thought we would clean house a bit and first organize the past year of posts here at Chartchums by creating a table of contents for the 2013-2014 school year. Most of these posts are universal and do not expire simply because a new school year is upon us. We hope you find this helpful and use it as a reminder of things past that worked and an inspiration for your charting as you begin another school year.
Chartchums 2013-2014 School Year Table of Contents
July/August 2013
- Charting the Past: A Table of Contents (2012-2013)
- Working Smarter Not Harder
- Tools of the [Chart] Trade
- Technologically Speaking
September 2013
- “I’m done!” Planning for the Predictable
- Answering Readers’ Questions
- Getting Off to the “Write” Start
October 2013
December 2013
January 2014
- Method to Our (Charting) Madness
- Presenting the Podcast, Pondering the Past and Looking to the Future
February 2014
March 2014
- Transforming Charts into Tools
- Non-Fiction, Non-Problem Revisited
- Want Kids to Walk the Walk? Then Chart the Talk!
May 2014
June 2014
And along with our new book, Smarter Charts for Math, Science and Social Studies (#SmarterCharts), we’ll have some new posts coming soon. Until then, Happy Charting!
Marjorie & Kristi
Charting the Past: A Table of Contents
Posted: July 8, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: charts, table of contents 4 CommentsWith 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
