Author Archives: Liz Janusz

Offering Choice Through Zoom

With most of our country forced to either teach, or learn through Zoom, the opportunities to give students choice seem less and less. Back in the classrooms, our classrooms were student-led and our teaching was responsive to individual needs. Teachers are amazing, and are still providing those opportunities as much as they can, but ourContinue reading “Offering Choice Through Zoom”

Favorite Fall Picture Books

Fall is my absolute favorite season, and in my crazy mind, September 1 is when fall begins! I start ordering the Pumpkin Creme Cold Brew from Starbucks, I order my new fall candles from Bath and Body Works, and I slowly start pulling out a few fall decorations. In order to help celebrate my favoriteContinue reading “Favorite Fall Picture Books”

Launching Book Clubs….Remotely

My love for student-led book clubs has grown tremendously over the past few years. We’ve worked so hard on getting our students to become independent readers and thinkers, and seeing it all come together in a book club, is one of the best feelings. My district made the decision to go full remote, and sinceContinue reading “Launching Book Clubs….Remotely”

Supporting Remote Learning at Home

My son’s school has chosen to be fully remote for the first quarter; I had a feeling it was going to happen. Now that I’ve had some time to process that his kindergarten year is going to look much different than what I envisioned in my mind, I’ve come around and am fully on boardContinue reading “Supporting Remote Learning at Home”

Dear First Year Teachers,

Dear First Year Teachers,  It wasn’t supposed to be like this. This was supposed to be the most exciting time in your professional lives: graduating college, securing your first teaching job, and seeing your very own classroom for the first time. I’m sure you’ve been creating this image in your mind of what your firstContinue reading “Dear First Year Teachers,”

Middle Grade Read Alouds

Middle grade novels are my absolute favorite books to read!! They typically cover a wide range of topics, and also aren’t extremely long; I’ve found that with everything else I need to balance in life, these tend to be the perfect length for me. With the beginning of the school year about two weeks away,Continue reading “Middle Grade Read Alouds”