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Each week Choice Literacy shares the Big Fresh newsletter with a round-up of features around a key topic in literacy education. You can find the June 11, 2021 issue here.
00:00 Welcome
00:28 Lead Essay by Ruth Ayres
02:53 New Content Discussion with Jen Schwanke
Join the Choice Literacy Book Club! Stella Villalba selected the June pick. It is Hear Our Voice compiled by Warren Binford. Grab a copy, and join the conversation using the hashtag #ChoiceLiteracyBookClub.
Even eight-year-olds are expected to master a dozen or more conventions. Melanie Meehan shares a process for helping students focus on the small steps needed to master any convention with peer support. (This article was first published in 2019.)
Heather Rader works with a team of intermediate teachers to ferret out what does and doesn't work in learning conventions, based on research and experience. (Although first published in 2012, the process for collaboration about teaching conventions is vital today.)
Jeff Anderson and Travis Leech are sharing what adolescent writers need to know about the conventions of language in their podcast Patterns of Power. Click here to listen to the first episode.
The focus of this week's Big Fresh is Celebrating Writers. Bitsy Parks joins the podcast. Click here for ALL links discussed. Each week Choice...
The focus of this week's podcast is building connections beyond the classroom walls. Cathy Mere and Ruth Ayres join the conversation. Click here for...
The focus of this week's Big Fresh is digital reading. Get the Big Fresh delivered straight to your inbox (it's free)! Click here for...
