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How Routines Help Teachers Makes Shifts to Let Students Think and Reason Mathematically Jan 27, 2022

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Teaching students to think and reason mathematically is sometimes a challenge. This is where instructional routines come in.

Today on the podcast we’re joined by Grace Kelemanik and Amy Lucenta. In 2016 Grace and Amy co-authored Routines for Reasoning, where they framed routines as key to developing mathematical thinking skills. Their new book, Teaching for Thinking: Fostering Mathematical Teaching Practices Through Reasoning Routines, picks up where their first book left off, revealing how routines can enhance our classroom instruction.

Today, Grace and Amy examine how educators can make use of routines to make fundamental shifts in their teaching practice.

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Writing Unbound Read Aloud with Tom Newkirk Jan 20, 2022

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Today on the podcast we have a sample from the newly released audiobook of Writing Unbound: How Fiction Transforms Student Writers, read by author Tom Newkirk. Writing Unbound builds an argument for bringing fiction back into our writing curriculum as a way to strengthen all writing.

In this preview, Tom describes the vast opportunity found in fiction writing, and what we lose when we don’t embrace that opportunity in our classrooms.

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Textured Teaching Read Aloud with Lorena Germán Jan 13, 2022

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Today on the podcast we have a sample from Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices, read by author Lorena Germán. Textured Teaching shares lesson design strategies that build traditional literacy skills while supporting students in developing their social justice skills at the same time.

In this preview, Lorena describes the importance and benefit of taking an interdisciplinary approach in your teaching.

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Leading with Vulnerability in Teaching Dec 16, 2021

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Our students need to feel seen, heard, understood, and known in our classrooms. And it begins with us.

In his new book The Power of Teaching Vulnerably, author and David Rockower illustrates how middle and high school teachers can build engagement and foster genuine student relationships by embracing vulnerability. He guides readers through leaning into discomfort, sharing personal stories, and navigating difficult classroom conversations.

Today on the podcast David is joined by author Ellin Oliver Keene.

David was mentored by Ellin during his time as a Heinemann Fellow. It was through their collaboration and the action research project David worked on that led to the work that became The Power of Teaching Vulnerably.

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Embracing Grief in the Classroom Dec 09, 2021

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Addressing grief in the classroom can be challenging, but educators play a special role in helping students move through difficult life events.

Today on the podcast we’re joined by Brittany R. Collins and Marlee Bunch. Brittany is the author of Learning from Loss: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Supporting Grieving Students. Her work centers around acknowledging the many ways grief may show up for students and identifying a holistic path forward.

Marlee Bunch the current Senior Director of Diversity and Culture for Comprehensive Mental Health and a contracted Director of Education and Diversity for Race Project KC. She is a close colleague of Brittany and is currently working with her to develop a DEI companion resource for Learning from Loss.

Together, Brittany and Marlee discuss what a grief-responsive approach looks like, and how we can shift our perspectives to embrace grief when in shows up.

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Developing a Mindset for Revision Dec 02, 2021

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What if revision is something that happens in the mindset of the writer during the writing process, not just on the page, after it’s done?

This is the question that author Chris Hall sets out to answer in his new book The Writer’s Mindset: Six Stances That Promote Authentic Revision. He presents readers with six stances -metacognition, optimism, perspective-taking, flexible thinking, transfer, and risk-taking- to guide and expand the standard revision process.

Today on the podcast Chris is joined by author Ellin Oliver Keene.

Chris was mentored by Ellin during his time as a Heinemann Fellow. It was through their collaboration and the action research project Chris worked on that led to the work that became The Writer’s Mindset.

Chris and Ellin begin their conversation talking about the evolution of Chris’s work since their time together at the Heinemann Fellowship.

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Bringing Fiction Back Nov 18, 2021

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When’s the last time your students got to write creatively? Or craft a piece of fiction that was entirely their own?

Today on the podcast we have something a little different. Tom Newkirk’s latest book, Writing Unbound: How Fiction Transforms Student Writing, is all about the power of fiction. Tom believes that it’s what inspires writers and motivates them to improve their craft. But over the years, fiction has fallen to the wayside in many classrooms.

Tom set out to create Writing Unbound to show just how important fiction is and offer educators a roadmap to integrating it back into their teaching.

To inform his thinking, Tom conducted 40 in-depth interviews with students and teachers around the country to learn about how they make space for fiction in their classrooms. In this episode, you’ll hear pieces of those interviews with commentary from Tom that illustrates just how broad, expansive, and exciting fiction can be.

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Engaging with Math in Literature Nov 11, 2021

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How do stories create space for mathematical thinking?

Today on the podcast we’re joined by Sue O’Connell, lead author of the Math by the Book series, and two of her co-authors Danielle Moore, and T.J. Jemison.

Sue, Danielle, and TJ share their experiences utilizing children’s literature in the math classroom and provide strategies for integrating in seamlessly into existing curriculum.

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How Research, Interpretation, and Science Fuel Teaching Nov 04, 2021

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Today on the podcast we have an excerpt from Heinemann’s ForwardED slow conference series. Today’s conversation features Jennifer Serravallo, author of New York Times’ bestseller The Reading Strategies Book as well as many other popular Heinemann professional books, and Rachael Gabriel, Associate Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Connecticut.

Together, they discuss the process of research as systematic inquiry and how interpretations might impact our practice as responsive teachers.

This conversation is part of Heinemann’s new video series ForwardED: Forward, Together in Education. If you would like to watch the full videos of this and other conversations, you can find them on the Heinemann Publishing Facebook page or YouTube Channel.

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Invigorating High School Math Oct 28, 2021

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Is high school math failing students? The way math is taught today hasn’t changed much over the years. But along criticism for being being out-of-date it perpetuates inequity by limiting opportunities for many students. There are expectations for high school math to do a better job in preparing students for life in the 21st century.

Major shifts in course organization, mathematical content, pedagogy, and assessment are long overdue. To initiate those changes, authors Steve Leinwand and Eric Milou have written Invigorating High School Math: Practical Guidance for Long-Overdue Transformation.

This conversation originally aired as a Facebook Live on the Heinemann Facebook page.

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