The Classroom Collaborative Podcas‪t‬ Deedee Wills and Adam Peterson

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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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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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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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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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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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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