Literacy Is Non-Negotiable is Sandra Valentine’s home for practical classroom resources, coaching routines and a message worth sharing.
THE IDEA BEHIND COACH THE CHARACTER
Let the students be the coaches.
In Sandra’s classroom routine, Tiger encounters the kinds of challenges students recognize: getting started, finding a word, asking for help or trying a new strategy. Students explain what might help him.
That conversation gives them a reason to read, think, speak and write. It also gives the teacher a window into their understanding.
Coach the Tiger is the first program in Coach the Character. Literacy Is Non-Negotiable is the larger home for what Sandra creates next.
