Carrie and Jo talk about the power of connection in the classroom. They discuss how connection is used to build relationships, help with academics, and teach students to regulate.

We discuss the final part of The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler.

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Carrie and Joandra continue their conversation about Natalie Wexler's book The Knowledge Gap.

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We are doing a summer book series on The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler! In this episode we introduce the book and talk about (most of) part 1 of the book. We highly recommend grabbing a copy of the book.

Get your copy here: https://shorturl.at/CktkP

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Note: Toward the end of the episode Carrie mentions teaching skills instead of using level texts. Here skill refers to decoding and spelling skills that allow students to be able to read.

Carrie and Joandra discuss standardized testing. They give their personal testing experiences as students and as teachers. They also give a little advice to decrease and help manage testing anxiety.

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Notable resource: The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler

Carrie and Jo are back to talk about co-teaching in the classroom. Listen to find out some different styles of co-teaching and how they work together.

Show Notes:

We referenced "Sold a Story" in this episode. We highly recommend this podcast and you can find it here:

https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

Here is my Co-Planning Guide. Click the link and make a copy to use with your co-teacher.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-zPiTMq94BU7izMCLS4yzEiGWueHwv7_HGQEK3JZDe8/edit?usp=sharing

For more information on co-teaching and co-planning, check out these books by Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria Dove:

Co-Teaching for English Learners: A Guide to Collaborative Planning, Instruction, Assessment, and Reflection

https://a.co/d/eHLSL7F

Co-Planning: Five Essential Practices to Integrate Curriculum and Instruction for English Learners

https://a.co/d/amXBD7S

Welcome to the Life and Literacy podcast. Get to know the hosts in this pilot episode. Joandra and Carrie tell listeners about their background and why they are diving into the podcasting world.