Life and Literacy

Connection in the Classroom

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.

The Knowledge Gap: Part 3

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

The Knowledge Gap: Part2

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

The Knowledge Gap: Part 1

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 Music by Andrew Wilfong 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.

Testing

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. Music by Andrew Wilfong Notable resource: The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler