Hannah Schneewind (she/her/hers)
Hannah Schneewind enjoys playing a variety of roles in elementary education. She began her career teaching first and second grade in Brooklyn, New York. Her professional positions include being a classroom teacher, curriculum writer, adjunct professor, keynote speaker, tutor, and national and international literacy consultant. Hannah is the co-author of Trusting Readers: Powerful Practices for Independent Reading (Heinemann) and of the upcoming Readers Matters: Powerful Practices for Inspiring Confident Reading Identities (Stenhouse.) She believes that teachers should be the decision makers in their classrooms and that reading instruction should be tailored, engaging and relevant. In addition to her work with students and teachers, she partners with Read to Grow and Reading is Fundamental, organizations that promote literacy for all children.
2025 Sessions
-
Foundational Practices for Foundational Skills: Connecting Independent Reading, Conferring, and the Read Aloud
Foundational skills include fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. In order for students to stay motivated and to transfer skills to independence, they need time to read,… Read More →
-
Teaching Readers Responsively: Centring Reading Identity, Engagement, and Motivation
A student’s sense of reading identity, their level of engagement while reading, and their motivation to read, all impact how they relate to reading instruction… Read More →