PGrafwallner
@pgrafwallner.bsky.social
Instructional Coach/Reading Specialist; Solution Tree author, presenter
Please join me at WSRA, IRA, or SoMLA this spring. I hope to see you there...
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Calendar — Peg Grafwallner
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January 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Please join me at WSRA, IRA, or SoMLA this spring. I hope to see you there...
www.peggrafwallner.com/calendar2
www.peggrafwallner.com/calendar2
All of us are literacy teachers now. Let's do this right.
These strategies for teaching literacy across all content areas can help educators ensure that students build the skills they need.
www.edutopia.org/article/teac...
These strategies for teaching literacy across all content areas can help educators ensure that students build the skills they need.
www.edutopia.org/article/teac...
Embedding Literacy Across the Curriculum
These strategies for teaching literacy across all content areas can help educators ensure that students build the skills they need.
www.edutopia.org
January 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
All of us are literacy teachers now. Let's do this right.
These strategies for teaching literacy across all content areas can help educators ensure that students build the skills they need.
www.edutopia.org/article/teac...
These strategies for teaching literacy across all content areas can help educators ensure that students build the skills they need.
www.edutopia.org/article/teac...
For whomever needs to hear this...it's second semester. Let's get this right:
www.edutopia.org/article/effe...
www.edutopia.org/article/effe...
Effective PD Within the School Day
Six tips for ensuring that professional development delivered during school hours is genuinely useful to teachers.
www.edutopia.org
January 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
For whomever needs to hear this...it's second semester. Let's get this right:
www.edutopia.org/article/effe...
www.edutopia.org/article/effe...
Supporting students in developing self-regulation, executive function skills, and self-agency can improve their ability to succeed in school.
Dpn't forget to check out the reproducibles available in the article.
www.edutopia.org/article/deve...
Dpn't forget to check out the reproducibles available in the article.
www.edutopia.org/article/deve...
How to Develop Self-Reliant Learners
Supporting students in developing self-regulation, executive function skills, and self-agency can improve their ability to succeed in school.
www.edutopia.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Supporting students in developing self-regulation, executive function skills, and self-agency can improve their ability to succeed in school.
Dpn't forget to check out the reproducibles available in the article.
www.edutopia.org/article/deve...
Dpn't forget to check out the reproducibles available in the article.
www.edutopia.org/article/deve...
How to Develop Self-Reliant Learners
www.edutopia.org/article/deve...
www.edutopia.org/article/deve...
How to Develop Self-Reliant Learners
Supporting students in developing self-regulation, executive function skills, and self-agency can improve their ability to succeed in school.
www.edutopia.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
How to Develop Self-Reliant Learners
www.edutopia.org/article/deve...
www.edutopia.org/article/deve...
What is your Principle of Practice?
principalproject.org/building-sta...
principalproject.org/building-sta...
Building staff morale? Invite your team to identify their “principles of practice.”
This process not only uncovers the values driving your team’s teaching but inspires fresh ideas and deeper connections.
principalproject.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
What is your Principle of Practice?
principalproject.org/building-sta...
principalproject.org/building-sta...
Principals, this one is for you!
www.edutopia.org/article/effe...
www.edutopia.org/article/effe...
Effective PD Within the School Day
Six tips for ensuring that professional development delivered during school hours is genuinely useful to teachers.
www.edutopia.org
August 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Principals, this one is for you!
www.edutopia.org/article/effe...
www.edutopia.org/article/effe...
This is for all the first-year teachers who are being asked to coach, direct, chair, manage, initiate...https://www.edutopia.org/article/getting-comfortable-saying-no
August 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is for all the first-year teachers who are being asked to coach, direct, chair, manage, initiate...https://www.edutopia.org/article/getting-comfortable-saying-no
"I wanted the students to like me and be my friends. I tried to create a classroom where we were a community, not necessarily realizing that structure needs to be implemented before community."
www.bamradionetwork.com/track/avoidi...
www.bamradionetwork.com/track/avoidi...
Avoiding the Biggest Classroom Management Mistakes
Larry Ferlazzo with Anne Jenks, Peg Grafwallner, M.Ed; and Kevin Parr Classroom management is a perennial challenge for teachers. What are the biggest mistakes we often make and how do we avoid them? ...
www.bamradionetwork.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"I wanted the students to like me and be my friends. I tried to create a classroom where we were a community, not necessarily realizing that structure needs to be implemented before community."
www.bamradionetwork.com/track/avoidi...
www.bamradionetwork.com/track/avoidi...
Rather than telling students the work they’re about to do will be ‘easy,’ be honest about some difficulties they may face and how you’ll support them.
www.edutopia.org/article/lang...
www.edutopia.org/article/lang...
Language That Encourages Learning
Rather than telling students the work they’re about to do will be ‘easy,’ be honest about some difficulties they may face and how you’ll support them.
www.edutopia.org
August 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Rather than telling students the work they’re about to do will be ‘easy,’ be honest about some difficulties they may face and how you’ll support them.
www.edutopia.org/article/lang...
www.edutopia.org/article/lang...
"We hope our students had the same opportunity to relax ... the sad reality is that many of our students will come back to us exhausted and anxious. As a result, we have to be ready for what they need and deliver it with empathy and compassion."
www.peggrafwallner.com/insightsappr...
www.peggrafwallner.com/insightsappr...
10 Suggestions for the First Day Back — Peg Grafwallner
Many of us go back to work this week after enjoying some rest and relaxation. We hope our students had the same opportunity to relax with family and friends; but, unfortunately the sad reality is that...
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August 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"We hope our students had the same opportunity to relax ... the sad reality is that many of our students will come back to us exhausted and anxious. As a result, we have to be ready for what they need and deliver it with empathy and compassion."
www.peggrafwallner.com/insightsappr...
www.peggrafwallner.com/insightsappr...
A "First Day of School" Letter to Every Parent...https://www.peggrafwallner.com/insightsapproaches/2017/5/12/parents-we-teachers-really-want-to-work-with-you
August 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A "First Day of School" Letter to Every Parent...https://www.peggrafwallner.com/insightsapproaches/2017/5/12/parents-we-teachers-really-want-to-work-with-you
An oldie, but a goodie www.peggrafwallner.com/insightsappr...
Parents, We Teachers Really Want to Work with You! — Peg Grafwallner
I wrote this article almost 9 years ago (reprinted with permission from JSOnline, August 27, 2005), and I believe it is just as timely now as it was then. With Common Core, standards based gradi...
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August 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
An oldie, but a goodie www.peggrafwallner.com/insightsappr...
As an English teacher…
August 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
As an English teacher…
Mark your calendars now! I hope to see you there!
August 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Mark your calendars now! I hope to see you there!
"WSRA 2026 Conference Chair and the 2026 Program Committee members are pleased to inform you that your proposal:
Moving from Writing Rigor to Writing Vigor! has been accepted for Thursday, February 5, 2026."
www.wsra.org/conference-i...
Moving from Writing Rigor to Writing Vigor! has been accepted for Thursday, February 5, 2026."
www.wsra.org/conference-i...
Conference Information
www.wsra.org
August 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"WSRA 2026 Conference Chair and the 2026 Program Committee members are pleased to inform you that your proposal:
Moving from Writing Rigor to Writing Vigor! has been accepted for Thursday, February 5, 2026."
www.wsra.org/conference-i...
Moving from Writing Rigor to Writing Vigor! has been accepted for Thursday, February 5, 2026."
www.wsra.org/conference-i...
Change your language; change your mindset!
August 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Change your language; change your mindset!
Let's get writing!
August 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Let's get writing!
Let's get writing!
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www.peggrafwallner.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Let's get writing!
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www.peggrafwallner.com
A Framework for Lesson Planning
Using learning intentions and success criteria can help teachers ensure that their activities align with what they want students to know.
www.edutopia.org/article/fram...
Let me help you get started!
Using learning intentions and success criteria can help teachers ensure that their activities align with what they want students to know.
www.edutopia.org/article/fram...
Let me help you get started!
A Framework for Lesson Planning
Using learning intentions and success criteria can help teachers ensure that their activities align with what they want students to know.
www.edutopia.org
August 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A Framework for Lesson Planning
Using learning intentions and success criteria can help teachers ensure that their activities align with what they want students to know.
www.edutopia.org/article/fram...
Let me help you get started!
Using learning intentions and success criteria can help teachers ensure that their activities align with what they want students to know.
www.edutopia.org/article/fram...
Let me help you get started!
"... asking questions and teaching inquiry are often misconstrued as the same thing. If I’m asking thought-provoking, open-ended questions, I must be teaching inquiry. Not necessarily."
www.solutiontree.com/blog/are-you...
www.solutiontree.com/blog/are-you...
Are You Asking Questions, or Teaching Inquiry? - Solution Tree Blog
Asking questions—good questions—is, arguably, the basis for a curious, passionate classroom. There is no way to explain that feeling when a classroom is erupting in enthusiastic discussion. It is magi...
www.solutiontree.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"... asking questions and teaching inquiry are often misconstrued as the same thing. If I’m asking thought-provoking, open-ended questions, I must be teaching inquiry. Not necessarily."
www.solutiontree.com/blog/are-you...
www.solutiontree.com/blog/are-you...
"Rather than telling students the work they’re about to do will be ‘easy,’ be honest about some difficulties they may face and how you’ll support them."
www.edutopia.org/article/lang...
www.edutopia.org/article/lang...
Language That Encourages Learning
Rather than telling students the work they’re about to do will be ‘easy,’ be honest about some difficulties they may face and how you’ll support them.
www.edutopia.org
August 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Rather than telling students the work they’re about to do will be ‘easy,’ be honest about some difficulties they may face and how you’ll support them."
www.edutopia.org/article/lang...
www.edutopia.org/article/lang...
If you're like me, you LOVE graphic organizers, reproducibles.
Here are three literacy links with a bunch of resources for you.
Before Reading - www.peggrafwallner.com/strategies-b...
During Reading - www.peggrafwallner.com/strategies-d...
After Reading - www.peggrafwallner.com/strategies-a...
Here are three literacy links with a bunch of resources for you.
Before Reading - www.peggrafwallner.com/strategies-b...
During Reading - www.peggrafwallner.com/strategies-d...
After Reading - www.peggrafwallner.com/strategies-a...
Before Reading — Peg Grafwallner
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August 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you're like me, you LOVE graphic organizers, reproducibles.
Here are three literacy links with a bunch of resources for you.
Before Reading - www.peggrafwallner.com/strategies-b...
During Reading - www.peggrafwallner.com/strategies-d...
After Reading - www.peggrafwallner.com/strategies-a...
Here are three literacy links with a bunch of resources for you.
Before Reading - www.peggrafwallner.com/strategies-b...
During Reading - www.peggrafwallner.com/strategies-d...
After Reading - www.peggrafwallner.com/strategies-a...