Building Connections Beyond the Classroom

October 21, 2021 00:28:21
Building Connections Beyond the Classroom
Choice Literacy Big Fresh
Building Connections Beyond the Classroom

Oct 21 2021 | 00:28:21

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Show Notes

The focus of this week's podcast is building connections beyond the classroom walls. Cathy Mere and Ruth Ayres join the conversation.

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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 October 22, 2021 issue here

Timeline

00:00  Welcome

00:28  Lead Essay by Leigh Anne Eck

03:18  Free For All Content Highlights

10:18  Classic Classroom Content Highlights

18:45 Literacy Leader Content Highlights

Free for All

Join the Choice Literacy Book Club! Leigh Anne Eck selected the young adult novel Enduring Freedom by Jawad Arash and Trent Reedy as our October read. Grab a copy, and join the conversation using the hashtag #ChoiceLiteracyBookClub

Ruth Ayres and Cathy Mere discuss this week's theme, building bridges, on the podcast

Katherine Sokolowski uses the Community Timeline Project to bring together students and older community members around history and writing. Includes a downloadable interview guide to help students record the interviewee's life story. (This article was first published in 2019.)

Email is a terrific way to communicate with parents—Trish Prentice has practical tips for keeping it simple and saving time when using email. (This article was first published in 2012.)

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