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The PLC series continues with ways to reach literacy goals of increased reading access to books, and time spent reading and writing.

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Comparing a writer’s notebook to a collection strikes a chord with kids, many of whom are collectors themselves.

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As they read, it’s important for students to get in the habit of asking not what, what, what, but why and how...

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Today on the podcast we’re discussing the value of teaching talk in the classroom.

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In Children Want to Write, the chapter titled “Reflect, Reflect, Reflect” included what may well have been Don Graves’ greatest, most honorable essay.

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Until fairly recently, many committed science educators downplayed the idea that reading and writing play an important role in learning science.

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When you teach talk, you are teaching something that kids can use in reading, in writing, in math, in science, in social studies...

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In this fourth installment to Minjung Pai's mini-series, Min speaks with Dr. Asao Inoue on unlearning white supremacist language in the classroom.

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Because of bias, we’ve created institutions that reflect and enact it on people.

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Learn more about the audiobook of Children Want to Write...

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Name stories are individuals’ explanations of the personal or traditional meaning, importance, or origin of their names

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Today on the podcast, we're handing the podcast over to Heinemann Fellow Brian Melton...

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Read the foreword to Liz Prather's new book, Story Matters, written by Kelly Gallagher. Story Matters tells the importance of learning through the power of story.

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If someone tells you teaching is easy, they probably don't really know teaching.

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Today on the podcast, we're handing the podcast over to Heinemann Fellow Brian Melton!

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Jen joins us to talk about the work that went into developing The Reading Strategies Book in Spanish as well as the Writing Strategies Book in Spanish.

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Learn more about the audiobook of Being the Change by Sara Ahmed!

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This excerpt from A Guide to the Phonics Units of Study focuses on the importance of high engagement and supporting all members of a learning community.

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