Transfer of Learning with Melanie Meehan

 The focus of this week's Big Fresh is Transfer of Learning.  Melanie Meehan joins the podcast.

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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 May 21, 2021 issue here. 

Timeline

00:00 Welcome

00:38 Lead Essay by Ruth Ayres

02:34 New Content Highlights

04:4 Melanie Meehan Interview

Connect with Melanie

You can keep up with Stella on Twitter @melanie meehan1. Find all of Stella's articles and videos on the site by clicking here.

Free for All

We wish Mary Lee Hahn, a long-time contributor and dear friend, happy retirement after 37 years of teaching! Please join the celebration! We are celebrating on all online spaces, so if you have a blog, a FB page, a Twitter handle, etc,. feel free to post anywhere that is convenient. Or hop over to Mary Lee and Franki Sibberson's blog A Year of Readingand post a comment. We’ll be using the hashtags #MarvelousMaryLee and #PoemsforMaryLee, so please tag anything (wherever you post) with these.

Mary Lee Hahn reminds herself (and us!) of the qualities we have that inspire trust in ourselves and our ability to teach well. Written in 2012, these words continue to be a gift to all of us, just like #MarvelousMaryLee!

Balancing small groups and conferences is essential for transferring learning from lessons and units, and it's one of the trickiest tasks for teachers. Dana Murphy explains how she works toward balance in her classroom, weighing everything from the timeline of the unit to the intensity of the minilesson. (This article was first published in 2020.)

Tara Barnett and Kate Mills give guidance and support for varying the structures and routines in literacy workshops. (This article was first published in 2020.)

Join the Choice Literacy Book Club! Dana Murphy selected the May pick. It is My Hero Academia Volume 1 by Kohei Horikoshi. This new manga book is popular in classrooms and a new reading experience for our book club. Grab a copy, and join the conversation using the hashtag #ChoiceLiteracyBookClub.

Join the Choice Literacy Book Club! Dana Murphy selected the May pick. It is My Hero Academia Volume 1 by Kohei Horikoshi. This new manga book is popular in classrooms and a new reading experience for our book club. Grab a copy, and join the conversation using the hashtag #ChoiceLiteracyBookClub.

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