
69 episodes

The Classroom Collaborative Podcast Deedee Wills and Adam Peterson
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4.9 • 51 Ratings
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The Classroom Collaborative Teacher Podcast is a show about teaching, classroom, and education. Join Deedee Wills and Adam Peterson we tackle new classroom tips and tricks in every episode. Our hearts are centered in primary education with our years of experience in Pre-K, kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade classrooms, but we also connect with outside experts and teachers throughout the K-12 professional development. This teacher podcast is for you! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theclassroomcollaborative/support
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Ways to increase writing in all subjects
Deedee and Adam talk about ways to increase the writing your students do across all of the subjects.
Why?
"Writing about content material facilitates learning by consolidating information in long-term memory."
Professor Steve Graham from the Teachers College at Arizona State University
Having students write down what they understand about a topic, helps to identify gaps in their understanding.
How?
Here are a few of the suggestions that were listed in the article:
I "wonder" journals
Travel journals
Low-stakes writing
Student-created magazines
Creative writing
Read this entire article by clicking:
The Research is in: Why Students Should Write in All Subjects
Additional ideas to incorporate writing throughout the day:
Project-Based Learning Anywhere by Dr. Lori Elliott
A Place for Wonder | Reading and Writing Nonfiction in the Primary Grades by Georgia Heard and Jennifer McDonough
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The Power of YET with Katie Mense
Deedee and Adam chat with Katie Mense about her new book, Yani, the Yeti. Katie shares about the process she went through to self publish her first children's book! Katie offers her tips for finding an illustrator to make the story come to life.
You can find this book on Amazon Affiliate link by clicking: Yani the Yeti: and the Power of Yet
Here are a few of the links to resources we mentioned in the podcast:
Yeti Mountain Adventure Kindergarten Classroom Transformation
Yani the Yeti and the Power of Yet: Book Companion Activities
FREE Yani the Yeti and the Power of Yet Coloring sheet
Here is how you can find Katie Mense:
Little Kinder Warriors Blog
Little Kinder Warriors on Instagram
Little Kinder Warriors on Facebook
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Don't Miss This Conference! ILASCD PreK-K Conference Preview with Ryan Nevius
Deedee and Adam chat with Ryan Nevius from Illinois ASCD. Every year, this is a massive Pre-K and Kindergarten conference that is going virtual this year. Ryan shares how nimble they needed to be to bring amazing content to teachers everywhere! Learn more about this conference by clicking.
ILLINOIS ASCD 2021 PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN CONFERENCE
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Checking For Understanding In A Digital World
Deedee and Adam discuss ways to check for understanding digitally. Back in 2015, an article was written for The Reading Teacher, but it seems like it was made for 2020-2021! Teachers today have expressed how challenging it is to keep students engaged during distance learning. Some of these tools may help improve student involvement while also providing great feedback around student understanding.
Here are a few of the tools Adam and Deedee discussed:
Kahoots
Socrative
Poll Everywhere
Doodle Buddy
Quizizz
Seesaw
Ozmo
BOOM Learning
You can find the article that Deedee and Adam discussed in:
The Reading Teacher Vol.69 Issue 3 November/December 2015
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Selecting texts to use in your classroom.
Deedee and Adam discuss an article from The Reading Teacher on text selection and integration. The article titled, "Five Steps Towards Successful Culturally Relevant Text Selection and Integration," walks teachers through the changing demographics and the need for culturally responsive pedagogy. Here is some information that you might find helpful:
The Reading Teacher Vol.71, NO.3 pp 295-307 November/December 2017
Websites with Book Lists
American Indian Youth Literature Award https://ailanet.org/activities/american-indian-youth-literature-award/
Americas Award http://www.claspprograms.org/americasaward
Arab American Book Award https://arabamericanmuseum.org/book-awards/
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature https://www.apalaweb.org/awards/literature-awards/
Batchelder Award http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward
Belpre Medal http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal
Caldecott Medal http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal
Carter G Woodson Book Award https://www.socialstudies.org/awards/woodson
Children's Africana Book Award https://africanstudies.org/awards-prizes/children-s-africana-book-award/
Coretta Scott King Book Award http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards
ILA Notable Books for a Global Society http://www.clrsig.org/nbgs-lists.html
Jane Addams Children's Book Award https://www.janeaddamschildrensbookaward.org/
Newbery Medal http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal
Skipping Stopes Honor Awards https://www.skippingstones.org/wp/book-awards/
Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award https://jewishlibraries.org/Sydney_Taylor_Manuscript_Award
Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award https://www.education.txstate.edu/ci/riverabookaward/
Suggested Additional Professional Reading
Unpack Your Impact: How Two Primary Teachers Ditched Problematic Lessons and Built a Culture-Centered Curriculum
Teachers Who Share Book Ideas on Social Media
Vera Ahiyya The Tutu Teacher on Instagram
Mike at The Book Wrangler on Instagram
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100th Day Ideas for In-Person or Virtual Learning Fun!
Deedee and Adam catch up after a long winter break and chat about some fun ways to make the 100th day of school as fun as possible in this ever-changing year of education!
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Customer Reviews
Love ❤️
This podcast brings me so much joy on my morning runs! Love Deedee and Adam—they share amazing ideas and they’re just so much fun. (The only drawback is that I have to constantly stop to take notes!) 😁👏🏻
Relevancy, useful, and engaging!
This podcast makes so me smile and it is so engaging for teachers. Not only are the hosts Adam and Deedee knowledgeable, they are also so much fun to listen to. Real teachers talking about real things and sharing real good ideas.
5 stars not enough 🌟
I discovered this podcast a few days ago and LOVE what Adam and DeeDee bring together from their experiences. I already followed DeeDee. This podcast has helped me and several more people to my follow list for great ideas!
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