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…8 min read·Jul 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…4 min read·Jul 10, 2023--1--1
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…7 min read·Mar 20, 2023----
Alexandra WoodsinThe Reciprocal TeacherChat GPT — Planning for the Right TargetA Battle for Process Over Product in the Age of Chatbots2 min read·Jan 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”2 min read·Dec 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…2 min read·Oct 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…3 min read·Aug 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…4 min read·Jul 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…8 min read·Jun 8, 2022----