Follow rethinkela, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/rethinkela Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:22:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ6Y_PaueOHJz84_VlTcFBnA?utm_source=follow.it I wrote about this topic last month in Field Note #14: Reading Logs Do Not Build Readers, but a  teacher recently posted the following question. It’s such a familiar one that I had to address it again:My admin, a former ELA teacher, told me free reading and activities like First Chapter Friday are a waste […]]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:20:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ6Y_PaueOHJz84_VlTcFBnA?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ4HP7Pt8T6LEki83i92uZvE?utm_source=follow.it Recently, a reader reached out through the little chat bubble on my website while looking through my list of 100+ Novels Every High School Student Should (Consider) Read(ing).The message was brief. Essentially, the reader wanted to know whether they could get one of the novels as an app on their phone.At first, this seemed like […]]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ4HP7Pt8T6LEki83i92uZvE?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ5jbxb38XSmeYApA9xNJEic?utm_source=follow.it This is my 17th year in education, and somehow the first-day-of-school energy still gets me. There is something about walking into a classroom at the beginning of a new semester (the empty seats, the half-familiar nervousness, the possibility of who those students might become by December) that still feels exciting.When I say this is my […]]]> Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:40:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ5jbxb38XSmeYApA9xNJEic?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ63vLY4_k0cEM79Rmy88T78?utm_source=follow.it During my recent first-year composition orientation, one idea kept following me home: delayed argumentation.I immediately thought about conversations I’ve had with students at several grade levels, including college freshmen, about how they approach research-based arguments. Many describe essentially the same process: decide what they believe (or choose a side), search for sources that support it, […]]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:35:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ63vLY4_k0cEM79Rmy88T78?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ6HaFNWWc2NizP4DRGWh0FW?utm_source=follow.it I haven't written a field note for the past few days because my brain has felt like a computer with three browsers open, each with 10 windows and 37 tabs open, three of them playing music, and I cannot figure out where the sound is coming from.The school year is starting, which means I'm thinking […]]]> Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:14:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ6HaFNWWc2NizP4DRGWh0FW?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ4ytVjtztfPjfIGg4NdYvKo?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:51:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ4ytVjtztfPjfIGg4NdYvKo?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ6ftJkBGSw8mVZOs_3uJ9_Q?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:27:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ6ftJkBGSw8mVZOs_3uJ9_Q?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ4dhOC6_HyZv6nu0p5u7YVZ?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:23:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ4dhOC6_HyZv6nu0p5u7YVZ?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ7z3F_HARwGwAXch-qXWMm8?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:16:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ7z3F_HARwGwAXch-qXWMm8?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ6yJHHbow6e4_hwhj6GpDnW?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:51:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ6yJHHbow6e4_hwhj6GpDnW?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ6DHQ7C9R9aN6lbX5d4iXEl?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:47:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ6DHQ7C9R9aN6lbX5d4iXEl?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ54IXX1pvdnbdyVu7n0dbzF?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:47:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ54IXX1pvdnbdyVu7n0dbzF?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ7O-ohD03sqkMamvwA4UWca?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:12:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ7O-ohD03sqkMamvwA4UWca?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ7xIvZGwksLMkMWPihZVx8c?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:13:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ7xIvZGwksLMkMWPihZVx8c?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ7wLnt2i2Kmv9e8dDsM3Us0?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:55:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ7wLnt2i2Kmv9e8dDsM3Us0?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ7vdoTs3kdjOT-JSHNZ8ptM?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:06:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ7vdoTs3kdjOT-JSHNZ8ptM?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ6vNz0M-zk_dTgHXhozxgmi?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:28:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ6vNz0M-zk_dTgHXhozxgmi?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ65zh4UWCKICgWlBfkq6SaY?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:59:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ65zh4UWCKICgWlBfkq6SaY?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ6IokVZOLcVLIZ66A9StjFH?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:50:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ6IokVZOLcVLIZ66A9StjFH?utm_source=follow.it https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ7vthgb7ohb7JqTjJgfb5qG?utm_source=follow.it ]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:36:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/sd2q0tfQuQ7vthgb7ohb7JqTjJgfb5qG?utm_source=follow.it