The Choice Literacy Book Club is open to everyone! You will find a book talk video and a Padlet where our community has shared their thoughts about the book. Feel free to join! Click here to find out more about the Choice Literacy Book Club!
Order of joining the conversation:
Kate Mills
Tara Barnett
Christy Rush-Levine
Bitsy Parks
Ruth Ayres
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The focus of this week's Big Fresh is argument writing. Tara Barnett and Kate Mills join the conversation about mentor texts for argument writing. Get the Big Fresh delivered straight to your inbox (it's free)! Click here for ALL links discussed. 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 February 12, 2021 issue here. Timeline 00:00 Welcome 01:20 Lead Essay by Bitsy Parks 04:26 Classic Classroom Content 06:34 Tara Barnett and Kate Mills Interview 23:16 Free for All 25:09 Leaders Lounge Content Free for All The Choice Literacy Book Club! Christy Rush-Levine selected an Own Voices middle grade fantasy novel for the February read. This is free for all! Follow along on the site of with #ChoiceLiteracyBookClub. A Fresh Take on Persuasive Writing: Louise Wrobleski uses video clips, children's literature, and newspaper articles to teach middle school students new ways to craft persuasive writing.This article was first published in 2019 and is now free for all. Dear Young Writer, Your Audience Matters: Melissa Quimby shares how she encourages her students to consider their audience when writing with how-to steps and wise advice to lift the level of writing in her classroom. Review Writing Advice: New York Times Critics A.O. Scott, Maya Phillips, Jennifer Szalai, and Jon Pareles share their review writing advice for ...
The focus of this week's Big Fresh podcast is conventions. Jen Schwanke joins the conversation. Click here for ALL links discussed. 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. Timeline 00:00 Welcome 00:28 Lead Essay by Ruth Ayres 02:53 New Content Discussion with Jen Schwanke Free for All 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. Become a Choice Literacy member! Click here to find out more about membership options. ...
The focus of this week's Big Fresh is word learning. Get the Big Fresh delivered straight to your inbox (it's free)! 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 30, 2020 issue here. Lead Essay: "Shark Attack" by Ruth Ayres Free for All “Quick Vocabulary Practice and Assessment" by Gretchen Schroeder “Quick and Easy Word Study Groups in First Grade" by Bitsy Parks Classic Classroom Member Content "Making Something Together: Shared Writing Online" by Tammy Mulligan “It’s Not Wrong. It’s Almost Right" by Melanie Quinn In this week’s video, Melissa Atwood leads a first-grade guided reading group. Dana Murphy meets with a group of fifth graders to work on strategies for understanding unknown words. Literacy Leader Member Content “Vocabulary Development in Writing” by Tara Barnett and Kate Mills “Word Study Half Day Professional Development" by Julie Wright “One Word to Drop from Your Teacher Vocabulary” by Holly Hagman ...
