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Designing User-Oriented Assignments with Jim Burke
October 25, 2018 07:45 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast, does the design of an assignment impact the quality of a student’s work? Jim Burke is the author of The Six Academic Writing Assignments: Designing the User’s Journey. In his book, Jim investigates writing assignments from hundreds of classrooms to identify what’s useful and what’s not. What he found is that the overall design of an academic assignment, from the layout to the words used, is critical to not only how well a student preforms, but how th...
Turn & Talk with Ellin Keene, Tom Newkirk, and Kathy Collins
October 18, 2018 07:45 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBToday on the podcast, we’re excited to bring you the second conversation in our Turn & Talk series, hosted by author Ellin Keene. If you missed the first installment, you can find it on blog.heinemann.com. Turn & Talk is a celebration of Heinemann’s 40th anniversary, hosting conversations between authors who have written for Heinemann since its early years, and those who are newer authors, bringing their unique perspectives to the table. This series tackles issues facing educators ...
Reading with Presence with Marilyn Pryle
October 11, 2018 07:45 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBHow do we encourage students to genuinely engage with challenging or difficult texts? Today on the Heinemann Podcast, Marilyn Pryle, author of “Reading with Presence” suggests a method of writing and sharing reading responses, which differ from the usual short essay answer. Marilyn says Reading Responses offer students a method of close reading that provides choice while still maintaining a structure that keeps the assigned reading as the main focus. Students are able to write, sha...
The Book in Question with Carol Jago
October 04, 2018 07:45 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast, what drives us to read? In her latest book, “The Book in Question: Why and How Reading is In Crisis,” author Carol Jago highlights the importance of reading, and what we stand to lose when it is devalued. It doesn’t matter so much, Carol says, what students are reading or why, but that they choose to read at all, and that they are confident in their ability to attempt the text in front of them. © Heinemann Publishing 2018 See Privacy Policy at http...
In the Moment with Jen Munson
September 27, 2018 07:45 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast, how do we have productive conversations that help surface a student’s mathematical thinking? We confer often with our readers and writers, but these conversations are just as needed in mathematics. What does it look like to talk with students about their mathematical thinking so that their thinking grows? How do we know when to step in and when to nudge? In Jen Munson’s new book, “In the Moment,” she offers educators clear guidance for conferring wit...
Reading with Presence Read Aloud with Marilyn Pryle
September 20, 2018 07:45 - 8 minutes - 7.44 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast, how do we become present in our own learning? We’ve all had students who physically come to class, but when called on to answer question appear to be mentally absent. Maybe you were this student. In her new book “Reading with Presence” Marilyn Pryle tackles the causes of disengaged learning and provides tangible solutions that provide students a safe space to share ideas and engage confidently. In this read aloud episode, Marilyn shares a story of h...
Understanding Texts & Readers with Jennifer Serravallo
September 18, 2018 07:45 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast, we’re making sense of comprehension. In Understanding Texts & Readers New York Times Best-Selling author author Jennifer Serravallo narrows the distance between assessment and instruction. Jen simplifies text complexity and clarifies comprehension instruction. She starts by untangling the many threads of comprehension: Levels, engagement, stamina, the relevance of texts, and more. © Heinemann Publishing 2018 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/...
A Teacher's Guide to Writing Conferences with Carl Anderson
September 14, 2018 07:45 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBHow do you respond to a student’s writing while conferring? And what’s the best way to give feedback? This week on the Heinemann Podcast, we’re talking about how to support your students during writing conferences. Writing conferences help students build confidence in their writing ability and find joy in the writing process. While conferring with students can feel daunting, author Carl Anderson says, it’s a skill any teacher can learn with time, practice, and the right resources....
Sara Ahmed on Identity and Experience
September 12, 2018 07:45 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBIn her newest book, Being the Change, author Sara Ahmed explores the importance of social comprehension in the classroom; understanding those often tricky-to-navigate landscapes of race, gender, politics, religion, sexuality… In July Sara spoke at the Nerd Camp literacy conference in Michigan about the tensions many of us feel during big moments in history. In her presentation, Sara shared with listeners her experience on September 11, 2001. As we reflect on the events that took pl...
Dismantling Racism in Education: A Preview of Social Justice Saturday
September 09, 2018 08:53 - 39 minutes - 36 MBHow do we go beyond the cosmetic fixes of racial inequality in education and go further? There is no quick fix, and we all need to do the work. Today on the Heinemann Podcast we’re preparing for Social Justice Saturday at The Teacher’s College Reading and Writing Project which will be on Saturday - September 15th (2018). Heinemann author Sonja Cherry-Paul is one of the organizers of the event and a speaker. Also, among the day’s speakers are Heinemann Fellows Dr. Kim Parker, Tiana...
Bringing Joy and Community to Reading with Sonja Cherry-Paul & Dana Johansen
September 06, 2018 07:45 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBThis week on the Heinemann podcast, how do we create a culture for our classrooms that can last a full school year? Sonja Cherry-Paul and Dana Johansen, co-authors of Flip Your Writing Workshop and Teaching Interpretation: Using Text-Based Evidence to Construct Meaning, are currently finishing up their third book, due out in spring of 2019. Both Sonja and Dana want to help teachers build learning communities that propel students’ growth as readers, help them view the world through m...
Developing Numerical Fluency with Patsy Kanter and Steve Leinwand
August 30, 2018 07:45 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast… think back to when you were first taught math. Did you feel engaged? Did you feel you had a deep understanding of the material in front of you? Or, like many students, did you memorize and regurgitate facts that you struggled to explain the meaning of? Authors Patsy Kanter and Steve Leinwand want to change that narrative. In their new book, Developing Numerical Fluency, Patsy and Steve present what they call pivotal understandings, and put an emphas...
Debbie Miller on Asking Beautiful Questions
August 23, 2018 07:45 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBHave you ever stopped and asked yourself, "what’s the best that could happen?" By turning that old phrase on its head, author Debbie Miller says she’s asked herself a more beautiful question. Inspired by journalist Warren Berger’s book, A More Beautiful Question, Debbie explores how questions help us look beyond the limitations of what we’ve always done and discover powerful new opportunities for teaching and learning. In today’s special read-aloud podcast, Debbie takes us through...
What's The Best That Could Happen? with Debbie Miller
August 16, 2018 07:45 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBThis week on the podcast we’re wondering, what’s the best that could happen? Are you familiar with this quote: “The most damaging phrase in the language is ‘We’ve always done it this way!’”? Its credited to the Navy’s Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper. The computer science pioneer also noted “Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, ‘We’ve always done it this way.’ Well, not author Debbie Miller. She wants to create space for possibilities. In her newest book; “What’s the...
Summer PD Minisode Three: Designing Informed and Responsive Curriculum
August 13, 2018 19:11 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBThis week on the Heinemann Podcast, we're excited to bring you the final of three special minisodes to invite you all into the conversations of the Heinemann Summer Book Study, hosted in the Heinemann PD Teaching and Learning Facebook Group. This year, we are hosting a conversation on two books with intersecting themes: Kids First from Day One by Christine Hertz and Kristine Mraz, and Being the Change by Sara Ahmed. Our book study facilitator, Jaclyn Karabinas, sat down with Jessic...
Jennifer Serravallo on Bridging the Gap Between Assessment and Student-Centered Teaching
August 09, 2018 07:45 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast, how do we address the gaps between formal assessments and really knowing our students as readers? In her newest book, Understanding Texts and Readers, NYTimes best-selling author, Jennifer Serravallo, narrows the distance between assessment and instruction. On today’s podcast, Jen shares a story from Understanding Texts & Readers where she worked with a reader who was baffling her teachers and struggling with comprehension. © Heinemann Publishing 2...
Summer PD Minisode: Growing Socially Literate Citizens
August 06, 2018 20:59 - 15 minutes - 13.7 MBThis week on the Heinemann Podcast, we're excited to bring you the second of three special minisodes, and invite you all into the conversations of the Heinemann Summer Book Study, hosted in the Heinemann PD Teaching and Learning Facebook Group. This Year, we are hosting a conversation on two books with intersecting themes: Kids First From Day One by Christine Hertz and Kristine Mraz and Being the Change by Sara Ahmed. Our book study facilitator, Jaclyn Karabinas, sat down with Amy ...
Cornelius Minor Interviews Kwame Alexander
August 02, 2018 07:45 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBToday on a very special podcast, Heinemann author and lead staff developer with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, Cornelius Minor sits down to interview NYTimes Best Selling author Kwame Alexander. In a wide ranging conversation, Cornelius asks Kwame about his first teachers, the people who prepared him for the work he does today, and how he connects students to poetry. Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times Bestselling author of 28 books, inclu...
Summer PD Minisode: Building and Practicing the Real Skills of a Strong Community
July 26, 2018 14:34 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBThis week on the Heinemann Podcast, we're excited to introduce the first of three special minisodes, and invite you all into the conversations of the Heinemann Summer Book Study, hosted in the Heinemann PD Teaching and Learning Facebook Group. In this year's Book Study, we are hosting a conversation on two books with intersecting themes: Kids First From Day One by Christine Hertz and Kristine Mraz and Being the Change by Sara Ahmed. Our book study facilitator, Jaclyn Karabinas, sat...
The Classroom Essentials Podcast with Katie Wood Ray
July 19, 2018 07:50 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast, we’re excited to announce a new series of professional books. Joining us to talk about this special series is Heinemann author and editor Katie Wood Ray. Katie serves as the series editor of the forthcoming Classroom Essentials Series, and is also an author on one of the series titles. In the words of author Carl Anderson, “Good teachers aren’t born good teachers. Good teachers learn to be good teachers.” Books in the Classroom Essentials Series se...
Engaging Children Read Aloud with Ellin Keene
July 12, 2018 07:45 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBHow do we recognize engagement? Today on the podcast, a special read aloud by author Ellin Oliver Keene from her new book Engaging Children: Igniting a Drive for Deeper Understanding. Ellin says true engagement often takes us by surprise, and is so overpowering, we may not recognize it when it happens! Finding the moments when we are engaged, reflecting on them, and sharing them with our students is the key to teaching engagement. It is through learning how to recognize our own m...
New Units of Study in Phonics with Lucy Calkins
July 03, 2018 11:47 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast, Lucy Calkins, author and series editor of the Units of Study for Reading and Writing, shares details on the latest, groundbreaking work to come out of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project: the new Units of Study in Phonics for grades K–2. © Heinemann Publishing 2018 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Quickwrite Handbook with Linda Rief and Penny Kittle
June 28, 2018 16:02 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBWriting is no easy task, and often times the hardest part is just getting started! Quickwrites, is a writing method author and classroom teacher Linda Rief is known for. In fact, she wrote the book on it! She says it provides students with a low-risk writing exercise to get ideas out, and brainstorm how they might like to write about a topic they are interested in. Quickwrites also allows students to push past the doubt and uneasiness that can keep a young writer’s pencil hovering a...
Summer Writing Camp with Jennifer Serravallo
June 22, 2018 07:45 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBToday on the Heinemann podcast, we’re packing our bookbags for summer camp! Teaching writing can feel intimidating, but New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Serravallo says that the best way to be a strong writing teacher is to be a strong writer. And to be a strong writer? Well, you have to write! Jen is the author of the The Writing Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Writers. This summer, Jen will be hosting a free interactive, five-week-long onl...
Beyond Literary Analysis Read Aloud
June 14, 2018 07:45 - 10 minutes - 9.62 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast, a special read aloud from Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O’Dell, co-authors of Beyond Literary Analysis: Teaching Students to Write with Passion and Authority About Any Text. Run-of-the-mill analysis essays have their place, but when is the last time your students were excited to write them? And when were you last excited to read them? In Beyond Literary Analysis, Allison and Rebekah expand on the idea of what is open to analysis from class novels to ...
Sara Ahmed, Christine Hertz, and Kristine Mraz on Empathy
May 31, 2018 07:45 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast, empathy… In Sara Ahmed’s book Being the Change, she writes about how empathy has become a buzzword and its practice tends to get lost under high achievement goals And In their book Kids First from Day One, Christine Hertz and Kristi Mraz write:. "You might think that being an empathetic teacher is just part of the gig, but in the heat of the moment and the stress of the job, it is easy to want kids to see it from our point of view rather than to se...
180 Days Read Aloud Podcast: Part II
May 24, 2018 07:45 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast, we continue our special read aloud with 180 Days authors Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle. In part two of this podcast series, the authors share more excerpts from their new book 180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents. Last week, we heard about their core teaching beliefs and strategies for generating creative and meaningful writing. This week, Kelly and Penny expand on their teaching beliefs, discuss the value of talk,...
180 Days Read Aloud Podcast: Part I
May 17, 2018 07:45 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBToday on the Heinemann podcast, a special read aloud podcast from 180 Days. Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle are co-authors of the new book 180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents. Their book is a reflection of a year-long collaboration of planning and teaching. It is a core resource for any educator who feels the push and pull between planning an engaging curriculum and the shortage of time. We’ve invited Kelly and Penny to read aloud from selected ...
Literacy Coaching with Stephanie Affinito
May 10, 2018 07:45 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBToday on the Heinemann podcast: What’s the role of technology in literacy coaching? It’s a question that gets mixed responses from teachers and coaches. If you ask Stephanie Affinito, author of Literacy Coaching: Transforming Teaching and Learning with Digital Tools and Technology, she would say “it depends.” Technology is always changing and learning how to integrate it into your practice can feel daunting. Stephanie says to “infuse your coaching with technology to match the right...
Engaging Children with Ellin Oliver Keene and Tom Newkirk
May 03, 2018 07:47 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBCan you think back to when you were last fully engaged in something? So consumed that you lost all track of time and your surroundings? As Ellin Keene writes, “when engaged, we enter into a state of wideawakeness that is almost blissful.” She says, this feeling is intoxicating. How can our students find this deep engagement on their own? In her newest book, Engaging Children, Ellin Keene explores that very idea. She examines the conditions that lead to engagement and how we can prom...
Thinking Together with Rozlynn Dance and Tessa Kaplan
April 26, 2018 07:50 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBToday on the Heinemann podcast: how do we create strong learning communities where students can feel confident in their mathematical abilities? A few years ago, Rozlynn Dance and Tessa Kaplan found their students weren’t grasping math concepts, and just getting by. They examined their math instruction, were unsatisfied, and set out to change how they taught. This work lead to their new book Thinking Together: 9 Beliefs for Building a Mathematical Community. Rozlynn and Tessa celebr...
Smokey Daniels on Student Inquiry
April 19, 2018 07:45 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBToday on the Heinemann podcast, how do we make time for inquiry? Author Smokey Daniels says that is his most asked question about inquiry. Smokey is the author of The Curious Classroom: 10 Structures for Teaching with Student-Directed Inquiry. Making space for individual choice when a curriculum has already been planned can be a challenge. Smokey says you have to “inquiryize” your classroom. Copyright Heinemann Publishing 2018 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and ...
180 Days Part II with Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle
April 12, 2018 07:50 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast, we’re diving back into 180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents with authors Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle. If you haven’t already, we invite you to listen to Part I of our conversation, where we talked about the need for flexibility, having agency in the work and the process of writing 180 Days. Now, in Part II, Kelly and Penny discuss how this collaboration changed their teaching for the better. Our conversation wit...
180 Days Part 1 with Kelly Gallagher & Penny Kittle
April 05, 2018 07:30 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast, a year of teaching dangerously. Spoiler, that was ALMOST the title for Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle’s new book… 180 Days. The idea for this book started with the question, “how do you fit it all in?” Their very honest answer… you don’t! And that’s the point. As the year ebbs and flows, plans change based on students’ needs. Kelly and Penny teamed up to connect their classrooms from California to New Hampshire to co-teach for a year. They spent ...
It's All About the Books with Tammy Mulligan and Clare Landrigan
March 29, 2018 07:45 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast; how do we create lifelong readers? It might seem obvious, but it starts with books! Books are the heart and soul of teaching literacy and our tools to develop lifelong readers. So how can we organize books across an entire school community to support student choice AND instructional goals? In their new book, It’s All About the Books: How to Create Bookrooms and Classroom Libraries that Inspire Readers, authors Tammy Mulligan and Clare Landrigan say ...
Sara Ahmed on Her Book Being the Change
March 22, 2018 19:39 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBToday on the Heinemann Podcast we’re talking about tough conversations in the classroom. Do you find yourself struggling with how to respond to students when topics like race, gender, politics, region and sexuality are brought up at school? These subjects are part of our students’ lives. So then how do we create learning conditions where kids can ask the questions they want to ask and have tough conversations? Author Sara Ahmed says it begins with discomfort and not trying to save ...
Sara Ahmed: Being the Change, a Story
March 16, 2018 17:55 - 10 minutes - 9.95 MBOn the Heinemann podcast today, something different. We offer a story from author Sara Ahmed. A story about compassion, empathy and most importantly, identity. This is a story about Being the Change: Today's podcast is also the letter in the opening chapter of Sara's new book, Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension. In her book, she explores how student growth can happen in the moments when we embrace discomfort and have candid conversations togeth...
Science is Poetry with Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, Valerie Bang-Jensen and Mark Lubkowitz
March 08, 2018 21:42 - 27 minutes - 25 MBIt's been said that poetry and physics are the same thing, so on today's Heinemann Podcast we're examining the poetry of science. Language and literature can work in the same way science does. Both literature and science have stability and change. Both also have cause and effect. In their book; Sharing Books, Talking Science, this is what authors Valerie Bang-Jensen and Mark Lubkowitz call "crosscutting concepts". In today's conversation they're joined by author, Amy Ludwig VanDer...
Nurturing Informed Thinking with Sunday Cummins
March 01, 2018 17:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBKnowing how to analyze all the different sources that enter into our world has never been more important. On today’s podcast we’re speaking with author Sunday Cummins about her new book: Nurturing Informed Thinking: Reading, Talking and Writing Across Content-Sources. Sunday says we need students to be able to ask questions and then actively seek out answers by reading, listening or viewing multiple sources. She says we should be able to analyze any form of those sources too, wheth...
Kate Roberts and A Novel Approach
February 22, 2018 22:04 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBToday on the podcast, whole class novels and choice. How do we have it both ways; reading literature deeply and also fostering joyful, independent learning? In Kate Robert's new book, A Novel Approach: Whole-Class Novels, Student Centered Teaching and Choice, Kate examines the troubles and triumphs of both whole-class novels and independent reading. She says we can find a student-centered, balanced approach to teaching reading. As an English teacher, Kate has seen whole-class nov...
Kids First From Day One with Christine Hertz and Kristi Mraz
February 16, 2018 19:18 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBThe classroom of your dreams starts with one big idea. Kids First from Day One shares how to put your deepest teaching beliefs into action. Listen in! Copyright Heinemann Publishing 2018 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Project-Based Writing with Liz Prather
February 09, 2018 21:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBThe idea that students should be “college and career ready” when they leave high school has become a major focus in education, but much of this conversation has been on reading readiness. What about writing readiness? Today on the Heinemann Podcast, author Liz Prather. In her book, Project-Based Writing, Liz shows us how teachers can bring students into the lesson planning process, inviting agency, independence, and inquiry into the classroom community. Through this community, st...
Beyond Literary Analysis with Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O'Dell
February 02, 2018 21:59 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBIn your daily life, would you voluntarily sit down to write an analytical essay on The Odyssey? Or on Catcher in the Rye? Probably not. Would you like to read and grade more than one hundred identical essays about these novels instead? Probably not. So, why do we ask our students to this year after year? Today on the Heinemann Podcast, authors Allison Marchetti & Rebekah O’Dell explore alternatives to the dreaded literary analysis essays in their new book, Beyond Literary Analysis....
Reclaiming the Principalship with Tom Marshall
January 26, 2018 22:27 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBWhat is the role of a principal and how can a principal use their knowledge to be the best head-learner they can be? Heinemann Author Tom Marshall discusses his approach these questions in his new book: Reclaiming the Principalship:Instructional Leadership Strategies to Engage Your School Community and Focus on Learning. As a former teacher and staff developer, Tom writes about his philosophies behind effective leadership and what that look like? Tom says that while the days are f...
Jennifer Serravallo Talks about Strategies in Action
January 12, 2018 21:49 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBOn today’s podcast we’re talking with New York Times, Best-selling author Jennifer Serravallo about a new on-demand course called Strategies in Action: Reading and Writing Methods and Content. Drawing from Jen’s best-selling resources The Reading Strategies Book and The Writing Strategies Book, this new on-demand course was designed by Jen to help educators understand how to find goals for their readers and writers and how to support them over time as they work toward those goals....
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater on Poems Are Teachers
December 18, 2017 17:21 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBToday on The Heinemann Podcast: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater says poems can do everything and allow us to become who we are. Amy says there is magic in poetry and that magic translates into teaching. She says once we can get past the idea that poems are in their own little word, they open up a world of possibilities in the classroom. Her hope is we can infuse everything with poetry. Amy doesn't just wish this though, she’s written for us a way to actually do it, in her latest book, Poems ...
Harvey “Smokey” Daniels Previews Upcoming Multi-Day Institute in Santa Fe
December 12, 2017 22:28 - 4 minutes - 4 MBOn today's podcast we’re talking with Heinemann author Harvey “Smokey” Daniels. Smokey is giving us a preview of Heinemann’s upcoming Multi-Day Institute titled: Teaching with Student-Directed Inquiry: Pathways to Literacy, Empathy Achievement and Action Presented by Sara Ahmed, Harvey "Smokey" Daniels, Cornelius Minor, Nancy Steineke and Kristin Ziemke. Copyright Heinemann Publishing 2017 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art...
The Need For and Needs of Teachers of Color
December 07, 2017 21:22 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBOn The Heinemann Podcast today, the need for and needs of teachers of color. "Growth is uncomfortable and all things need to be uncomfortable to grow.” Those are the words of Tiana Silvas, a member of the current class of Heinemann Fellows. She goes on to say in today’s podcast that while conversations about race and privilege are tough and can be uncomfortable, we need to be open to having them, and it's essential to avoid taking these tough conversations personally— in order to do...
Sneed B. Collard III on Teaching Nonfiction Revision
December 01, 2017 01:58 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBWhat happens when a bestselling children’s book author teams up with a nationally known writing teacher? Well, you get the new book Teaching Nonfiction Revision: A Professional Writer Shares Strategies, Tips, and Lessons. On today’s Heinemann Podcast we’re talking with Sneed B. Collard III about Teaching Nonfiction Revision. Sneed Collard is an award winning children’s author who has been working on revision strategies for years. Now, along with Vicki Spandel, they’re helping educat...
Maggie Beattie Roberts on Being Your Favorite Teacher
November 15, 2017 21:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBHeinemann author Maggie Beattie Roberts is our guest today on The Heinemann Podcast. I’m sure you think about your favorite teacher from time to time, but what can our memories do to inform our teaching? Heinemann Author Maggie Beattie Roberts thinks we can use these influences to help form teaching archetypes to better our practice. Maggie Beattie Roberts began her teaching career in the heart of Chicago and then pursued graduate studies as a Literacy Specialist at Teachers Colle...