Alexandra WoodsinThe Reciprocal TeacherPlace-based Literacy: Grounding Reading in PlaceIt was my last year of high school and the final assignment for my history course was to write and present a research paper on a conflict…Jul 21, 2023Jul 21, 2023
Alexandra WoodsReflections on my first year as a literacy coach #OntEdIt’s the first week of July, and it’s hard to believe the school year is over. Time, like sand, has slipped through my fingers. I’m…Jul 10, 20231Jul 10, 20231
Alexandra WoodsinThe Reciprocal TeacherVoice, Choice & Explicit Literacy Instruction in the Secondary English ClassroomChart paper is tacked onto the walls with words dissected into parts; books are everywhere: in shelves (some labelled by category — books…Mar 20, 2023Mar 20, 2023
Alexandra WoodsinThe Reciprocal TeacherChat GPT — Planning for the Right TargetA Battle for Process Over Product in the Age of ChatbotsJan 26, 2023Jan 26, 2023
Alexandra WoodsinThe Reciprocal TeacherWhen you give a kid a sentence, they might just change the world.The Power of Natalie Wexler’s “because-but-so”Dec 10, 2022Dec 10, 2022
Alexandra WoodsinThe Reciprocal TeacherAn Embodied Lesson in FlightThe rink is smooth as glass and we are the only ones there. I station myself beside our youngest, who is struggling to keep herself…Oct 12, 2022Oct 12, 2022
Alexandra WoodsinThe Reciprocal TeacherWhat improv has taught me about instructional coachingI was a awkward 14 year-old who wanted to be a part of something, that at *our* school, was as highly revered as a championship-winning…Aug 17, 2022Aug 17, 2022
Alexandra WoodsinThe Reciprocal TeacherStudent-Centered Teaching as Radical Compassion & CollaborationWe had been home for a week when she started wiping her toothbrush compulsively and would not let me get close to her because she didn’t…Jul 7, 2022Jul 7, 2022
Alexandra WoodsinThe Reciprocal TeacherLearning from Each Other — Destreaming Across Ontario: Waterloo District School BoardIn a recent post “Pathway to De-streaming: Levelling the Stacked Deck Requires Hard Work and Proper Support,” Tianna Thompson highlights…Jun 8, 2022Jun 8, 2022
