Episodes

In this episode: Listen in as I wrap up as we recap the top 5 podcast episodes of 2024. We talk about: The top 5 most listened to episodes of the podcast this year and the main takeaways. I also included a tip for a learning process that you can help influence when we come back from winter break. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Research: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: (2018). How People Learn II: Learners, Contexts, and Cultures. Washington, DC: The Nat...

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about why your students may not be applying what you’ve taught them and some ways to fix that. We talk about: The what, the why and the how of teaching students in their zone of proximal development. What the research says good learning is. Tangible steps for making this happen in your classroom. Quotables: - Zone of proximal development is the distance between what a child can do independently (actual development) and what they can do with assistance (leve...

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about how to bridge the gap between rote learning and meaningful learning in your upper elementary literacy classroom. We talk about: The what, the why and the how of teaching students so that they apply what you’ve taught them. Learn what the research says the goal of learning is. Walk away with tangible steps for making this happen in your classroom. Quotables: - Teaching for transfer matters in our literacy classrooms. It is the entire point of teaching....

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about promoting self leadership through cultivating a community of readers in the upper elementary literacy classroom. We talk about: The what, the why and the how of building independence by promoting self leadership through cultivating a community of readers in the upper elementary literacy classroom. Quotables: -Cultivating a community of readers means that we create an environment where upper elementary students take on the identity of reader no matter ...

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about promoting self leadership through growing critical thinkers and readers in the literacy classroom. We talk about: The what, the why and the how of building independence by promoting self leadership through growing critical thinkers and readers in your upper elementary literacy classroom. Quotables: -Growing critical thinkers and readers means that we create an environment where upper elementary students read a text, think about the text and respond to...

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about promoting self leadership through nurtutring a big word mindset. We talk about: The what, the why and the how of building independence by promoting self leadership through nurturing a big word mindset in your upper elementary literacy classroom. Quotables: -A big word mindset is one in which a student has developed confidence in their ability to attempt and successfully decode a multisyllabic word. - If students don’t have a strategy and a track reco...

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about promoting self leadership through goal setting as a way to foster independence in your literacy classroom. We talk about: The what, the why and the how of building independence by promoting self leadership through goal setting in your upper elementary literacy classroom. Quotables: -Self leadership in the literacy classroom is a student's ability to define a goal they are working towards based on their knowledge of themselves and the areas that they w...

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about helping students develop a growth mindset in order to foster independence during your upper elementary literacy block. We talk about: The what, the why and the how of building independence by cultivating a growth mindset in your upper elementary literacy classroom. Quotables: -Independence is the ability of a student to do something that we have taught them to do without relying on us and being capable of acting for oneself. -In order to cultivate in...