Tracey and Traci talk about what teaching literacy is like in the upper elementary levels. We discuss the role of the read aloud, even with older students who can read themselves. The conversation also shifts to what do kids do in their independent reading time to deepen their understanding of the texts they are reading and become skeptical readers and consumers of text.

Video chapters
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00:00 - Intro
04:20 - First Chapter Fridays
05:33 - First Cat in Space Ate Pizza https://www.thefirstcatinspace.com/
05:55 - Independent Reading using work of Kylene Beers & Robert Probst
"Disruptive Thinking" by Beers & Probst & BHH (Book, Head, Heart) Reading https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/articles/disrupting-thinking.html
09:10 - Notice & Note Signposts
"Reading Nonfiction" by Beers & Probst
https://www.heinemann.com/products/e05080.aspx
"Notice & Note" by Beers & Probst
https://www.heinemann.com/products/e04693.aspx