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Water for Teachers, Sips with Shamari Reid: Minisode One Jun 18, 2021

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In the Spring of 2021, we brought you Water for Teachers with host Shamari Reid, a podcast aimed at connecting with the hearts and the humanity of humans who teach. As we continue to plan episodes for a future season of Water for Teachers, and as we come to the close of a truly unprecedented year of teaching, we wanted to be sure to check back in with our teacher friends.

We hope these “sips” episodes will help you to replenish, reconnect, and reinvigorate your heart, body, and mind over the summer. We’ll add each new episode to The Heinemann Blog, but we encourage you to subscribe to The Heinemann Podcast wherever you listen.

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Start Here, Start Now Read Aloud with Liz Kleinrock Jun 17, 2021

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When we set out to do antiracist and antibias work, a common question is, how do I make time for it in my classroom?

Today on the podcast we’re listening to an excerpt from the audiobookStart Here, Start now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in your School Community.

Author Liz Kleinrock dedicates chapter 2 of her book to making time for Antiracist and Antibias work, which she refers to as ABAR work. As Liz explains, the answer is more within reach than many of us might think if we’re new to this work.

Here is Liz Kleinrock reading from chapter two of her book, start Here, Start Now.

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Developing Writing Skills with Mentor Texts Jun 10, 2021

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Mentor texts from a variety of high-interest sources along with diverse authors can be a real game changer in secondary writing classrooms.

Today on the podcast we're talking with authors Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O’Dell about their new bookA Teacher’s Guide to Mentor Texts, the latest addition to the Classroom Essentials Series. In it they write about how students learn to read like writers, deepening their understanding of quality writing and inspiring them in their own drafting and revision.

Rebekah and Allison have written a foundational guide on the what, why, and how of teaching with mentor texts. They provide a multitude of annotated examples from professional writers, alongside student samples, to illustrate how mentor texts can teach specific writing skills.

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Trusting Readers, Trusting Ourselves Jun 03, 2021

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When we talk about independent reading, often times the topic of trust comes up.

In their new book, Trusting Readers: Powerful Practices for Independent Reading, co-authors Jennifer Scoggin, Hannah Schneewind provide us with an accessible guide with tools teachers can use to grow enthusiastic and independent readers.

Jen and Hannah help us craft reading experiences centered around students’ engagement, instructional needs, and identities as readers. Their goal is to provide spaces for students to develop a sense of agency as readers and for teachers to make decisions that reflect the needs of the students in front of them. They write that “when teachers trust themselves and trust their students to create reading experiences that matter, they positively impact student growth.”

In this special podcast conversation, Jen and Hannah are interviewed by Heinemann author Carl Anderson. Carl is an internationally recognized expert in writing instruction for Grades K-8, working as a consultant in schools and districts around the world. Carl is the author of numerous books on teaching writing, including the bestselling How’s It Going? A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers and A Teacher's Guide to Writing Conferences.

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Antibias and Antiracist (ABAR) Work in Your School Community May 27, 2021

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As many of us look to cultivate an antibias and antiracist community in our schools, we often struggle with where and how to get started.

Today on the podcast I’m talking with Liz Kleinrock, author of the new book, Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School Community. Liz Kleinrock is an antibias antiracist educator and consultant based in Washington, DC. In addition to classroom teaching, Liz also works as a facilitator for schools, organizations, and companies across the country.

In her book, Liz helps us set ourselves up for success and prepare for the mistakes we’ll make along the way.

Throughout each chapter, she answers the questions and challenges educators have about getting started. She uses a framework for tackling perceived barriers from a proactive stance, shares sample lessons, resources, conversation starters and more.

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Unpacking the Results from the American Institutes for Research on Units of Study May 20, 2021

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Today on the podcast we're taking a closer look at a recent study from the American Institutes for Research, also known as AIR, evaluating the effectiveness of Lucy Calkins' Units of Study, and unpacking the results. We're joined by Francie Alexander, chief research officer at HMH, and Dr. Pam Smith, Heinemann's Vice President of Sales and Customer Success.

Francie is an industry leader in the fields of Early Childhood Education, Literacy, and Intensive Intervention for striving reading and math students. Prior to her time at HMH, Francie held key positions in both state and federal education agencies, including serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Education's research branch, where she led Department-sponsored standards efforts and campaigns in support of libraries and the arts. Her work is also grounded in the classroom, as she has taught students from kindergarten to college.

Prior to joining Heinemann, Pam was an educator for 30 years, having taught grades 3-8 and served as a lead teacher, assistant principal, and principal. As an educator, she worked in districts implementing the Units of Study and has firsthand knowledge of the challenges and rewards of scaling up a new curriculum to transform teaching and learning in a building.

Here now is Pam in conversation with Francie on the takeaways of the recent AIR report.

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Leading Literate Lives May 13, 2021

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What stories make you who you are? Who are you as a reader and writer?

Today on the podcast we're chatting with Stephanie Affinito about her new book Leading Literate Lives: Habits and Mindsets for Reimagining Classroom Practice. Stephanie outlines a framework for reading and writing that asks educators to feed their own literate lives, and then take that energy into the classroom with suggested practices.

We began our conversation by talking about the concept of a literate life, and how it inspired this book.

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Between the Commas Read Aloud with Martin Brandt May 06, 2021

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This week on the podcast we’re excited to share a preview of one of Heinemann’s newest audiobooks, Between the Commas: Sentence Instruction That Builds Confident Writers (and Writing Teachers).

In it, author Martin Brandt uses creative and engaging strategies to build confidence in his students' writing.

In this preview of chapter 4, Martin shows the power of using the three-pillar sentence structure in a movie-essay prompt that engaged his students in communicating their ideas effectively.

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Writing Unbound (Rebroadcast) Apr 29, 2021

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Most of us write every day, but do you remember the last time you created an imaginary world? We all love stories and, as Don Graves showed us, we all have a story to tell. But in schools, the focus is increasingly put on analytical writing. When did fiction writing fall to the side?

Today on the Heinemann podcast we are rebroadcasting an episode that originally aired in 2019. In his new book, Writing Unbound, author Tom Newkirk explores the value of creating worlds through fiction writing. As Tom says, “our minds were made for stories,” so he decided to sit down with high school students to hear about the fiction they write in and out of school. In these interviews you’ll hear kids read their own creative stories and talk about their writing processes.

Read a transcript of this episode on the Heinemann Blog.

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A Conversation Between Marilyn Burns and Lucy Calkins Apr 22, 2021

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Today on the podcast we’re excited to share a special conversation between Marilyn Burns and Lucy Calkins about Marilyn’s new digital math interview tool, Listening to Learn. They discuss the importance of listening, a value that is central to both Marilyn’s and Lucy’s work.

Marilyn Burns is one of today’s most highly respected mathematics educators. Over the course of almost sixty years, Marilyn has taught children, led professional development sessions, spoken at conferences, contributed to professional journals, written a dozen books for children, and created more than twenty professional development publications for teachers and administrators. She is also a co-author of Do The Math, which is now available from Heinemann.

Lucy Calkins is the Founding Director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University. She is also the author or coauthor—and series editor—of the reading, writing, and phonics Units of Study series, which are integral to classroom life in tens of thousands of schools around the world.

Here now is Marilyn and Lucy.

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