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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 15, 2021 issue here.
00:00 Welcome
00:28 Lead Essay by Ruth Ayres and Sam Ayres
04:10 Free For All Content Highlights
10:27 Classic Classroom Content Highlights
18:30 Literacy Leader Content Highlights
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.
Brenda Power suggests formats for creative events that build stronger home-school connections. This article was first published in 2019.
Mandy Robek compiles a list of her tried-and-true books for brain breaks with young learners. This article was first published in 2014.
Jen Schwanke shares some strategies for sustaining student attention, beyond just calling out a student's name over and over and over again. This article was first published in 2019.
Our Process Play course Empower Choice for Readers and Writers by elementary contributors will fuel your creativity for offering more choice to students in reading and writing. Free to members and available to purchase.
Enjoy listening as the Choice Literacy Book Club discusses Neville by Norton Juster and G. Brian Karas. Click here for the Choice Literacy Book...
The focus of this week's Big Fresh is shared writing. Tammy Mulligan joins the podcast. Get the Big Fresh delivered straight to your inbox...
Enjoy listening as the Choice Literacy Book Club discusses So You Want to Be an Owl by Jane Porter and Maddie Frost. This year...