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**The Classroom Collaborative Podcast**

The Classroom Collaborative Teacher Podcast is a show about teaching, classroom, and education. Join Deedee Wills and Adam Peterson we tackle new classroom tips and tricks in every episode. Our hearts are centered in primary education with our years of experience in Pre-K, kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade classrooms, but we also connect with outside experts and teachers throughout the K-12 professional development. This teacher podcast is for you!

Latest Episodes:

Ways to increase writing in all subjects Feb 22, 2021

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Deedee and Adam talk about ways to increase the writing your students do across all of the subjects.

Why?

"Writing about content material facilitates learning by consolidating information in long-term memory."

Professor Steve Graham from the Teachers College at Arizona State University

Having students write down what they understand about a topic, helps to identify gaps in their understanding.

How?

Here are a few of the suggestions that were listed in the article:

I "wonder" journals
Travel journals
Low-stakes writing
Student-created magazines
Creative writing

Read this entire article by clicking:

The Research is in: Why Students Should Write in All Subjects

Additional ideas to incorporate writing throughout the day:

The Power of YET with Katie Mense Feb 15, 2021

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Deedee and Adam chat with Katie Mense about her new book, Yani, the Yeti. Katie shares about the process she went through to self publish her first children's book! Katie offers her tips for finding an illustrator to make the story come to life.

You can find this book on Amazon Affiliate link by clicking: Yani the Yeti: and the Power of Yet

Here are a few of the links to resources we mentioned in the podcast:

Here is how you can find Katie Mense:

Don't Miss This Conference! ILASCD PreK-K Conference Preview with Ryan Nevius Feb 08, 2021

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Deedee and Adam chat with Ryan Nevius from Illinois ASCD. Every year, this is a massive Pre-K and Kindergarten conference that is going virtual this year. Ryan shares how nimble they needed to be to bring amazing content to teachers everywhere! Learn more about this conference by clicking.

ILLINOIS ASCD 2021 PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN CONFERENCE

Checking For Understanding In A Digital World Feb 01, 2021

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Deedee and Adam discuss ways to check for understanding digitally. Back in 2015, an article was written for The Reading Teacher, but it seems like it was made for 2020-2021! Teachers today have expressed how challenging it is to keep students engaged during distance learning. Some of these tools may help improve student involvement while also providing great feedback around student understanding.

Here are a few of the tools Adam and Deedee discussed:

You can find the article that Deedee and Adam discussed in:

The Reading Teacher Vol.69 Issue 3 November/December 2015

Selecting texts to use in your classroom. Jan 25, 2021

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Deedee and Adam discuss an article from The Reading Teacher on text selection and integration. The article titled, "Five Steps Towards Successful Culturally Relevant Text Selection and Integration," walks teachers through the changing demographics and the need for culturally responsive pedagogy. Here is some information that you might find helpful:

The Reading Teacher Vol.71, NO.3 pp 295-307 November/December 2017

Websites with Book Lists

American Indian Youth Literature Award https://ailanet.org/activities/american-indian-youth-literature-award/
Americas Award http://www.claspprograms.org/americasaward
Arab American Book Award https://arabamericanmuseum.org/book-awards/
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature https://www.apalaweb.org/awards/literature-awards/
Batchelder Award http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward
Belpre Medal http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal
Caldecott Medal http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal
Carter G Woodson Book Award https://www.socialstudies.org/awards/woodson
Children's Africana Book Award https://africanstudies.org/awards-prizes/children-s-africana-book-award/
Coretta Scott King Book Award http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards
ILA Notable Books for a Global Society http://www.clrsig.org/nbgs-lists.html
Jane Addams Children's Book Award https://www.janeaddamschildrensbookaward.org/
Newbery Medal http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal
Skipping Stopes Honor Awards https://www.skippingstones.org/wp/book-awards/
Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award https://jewishlibraries.org/Sydney_Taylor_Manuscript_Award
Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award https://www.education.txstate.edu/ci/riverabookaward/

Suggested Additional Professional Reading

Unpack Your Impact: How Two Primary Teachers Ditched Problematic Lessons and Built a Culture-Centered Curriculum

Teachers Who Share Book Ideas on Social Media

100th Day Ideas for In-Person or Virtual Learning Fun! Jan 18, 2021

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Deedee and Adam catch up after a long winter break and chat about some fun ways to make the 100th day of school as fun as possible in this ever-changing year of education!

Zoo Camp! Virtual Learning and Engagement with guest Cynthia Kaye Dec 21, 2020

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Deedee and Adam sit down with Cynthia Kaye to talk about the exciting new learning platform from Alive Studios called Zoo Camp! Students learn letters and sounds with live teacher instruction and engagement. HINT: Adam is the teacher!

Learn more:

https://alivestudiosco.com/

We Got PrincipalED with Dr. Rachael George Dec 14, 2020

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Get your copy of PrincipalED

From fighting wildland fires with the U.S. Forest Service to putting out fires in the classroom, education was the last place that Rachael thought she’d end up. It wasn’t until a hard conversation with a base manager in Grangeville, Idaho did Rachael realize she needed to put her chainsaw down and make a bigger impact on the world. Rachael is a member of the ASCD Emerging Leaders Class of 2015 and currently serves as the principal of Sandy Grade School in the Oregon Trail School District. Over the past seven years, Sandy Grade School has moved from being one of the lowest ranked elementary schools in the state of Oregon to performing in the top 20% of elementary schools. Sandy Grade School has been recognized by the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) as a Model School for closing the achievement gap. Prior to serving as an elementary principal, she was a middle school principal of an “outstanding” and two-time “Level 5: Model School” as recognized by the State of Oregon. Rachael serves as the Coalition of Oregon School Administrators President Elect, is the NAESP State Representative for Oregon, and is an NAESP Fellow. Rachael just released her first book PrincipalED: Navigating the Leadership Learning Curve with two friends and has two other books in the works. She specializes in curriculum development, instructional improvement as well as working with at-risk students and closing the achievement gap. Connect with Rachael on Twitter @DrRachaelGeorge.

That Episode That Was About Nothing AND Everything Nov 23, 2020

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In this episode Deedee and Adam talked about trying to find gratitude in this moment in time.

Teaching Sight Words When Students Struggle Part 2 Nov 16, 2020

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Deedee and Adam continue their discussion on how to help students who are struggling to learn to read. They discuss the Orton-Gillingham approach to instruction. Join them!

They discuss how using the science of reading and orthographic mapping to teach high-frequency words to move students away from memorization and guide them towards mastery.

Read more about the Science of Reading Lesson format by going to:

What Does A Science Of Reading Lesson Plan Look Like? Free File Too

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