In this episode, host M.H. Sheriff interviews retired teacher Linda Ulleseit.  After reading The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller, Linda pioneered a new way to teach her middle schoolers reading with great success.

Linda Ulleseit’s novels feature her female ancestors who were extraordinary but unsung. The most recent book The Aloha Spirit, set in territorial Hawaii, which won the Chanticleer International Book Award Grand Prize as well as a bronze medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. The next one, The River Remembers, comes out in June. Linda is a mother of two adult sons and a retired teacher. Over her twenty-two year career, Linda taught 4th-8th grade at public schools in California. She pioneered Reading Workshop in her school, moving away from the traditional model of teaching reading.

Book Recommendations:

The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller

A Guide to the Reading Workshop by Lucy Calkins

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko

Hatchet by Gary Paulson

Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan

Fox by Margaret Wild

Connect with our guest:

The Aloha Spirit by Linda Ulleseit

Unlocked by Linda Ulleseit

The River Remembers by Linda Ulleseit

ulleseit.com

Shine with Paper Lantern Writers

For more on your host, go to  maryhelensheriff.com

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“Backwards Walk” music by Stationary Sign courtesy of Epidemic Sound

Thanks to Lisa Roe for designing show graphics.