Anita Stratton is an elementary educator in central Ohio with over 15 years of experience. She is currently teaching EL and has taught second and third grade. She is committed to creating a loving world for children that is inclusive of all stories. She received her master’s degree in early childhood education from The Ohio State University. She is a member of the Columbus Area Writing Project. She contributed a chapter to The New Teacher Book: Finding Purpose, Balance, and Hope During Your First Years in the Classroom.
Laura Reece, a fifth-grade teacher in Chicago, wrote an article titled “How One Read-Aloud Built Community All Year” that was published in Issue 7 of Classroom Corridors. The students in Mrs. Reece’s class reflected on how learning about her process...
What started as reader’s theater turned into so much more. I attended a workshop with the authors of Artfully Teaching the Science of Reading, Tim Rasinski and Chase Young. They shared that readers theater had an 1.23 effect size on their students...