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Show Me Literacies
by Shea Kerkhoff
In our virtual community of practice, we share research-informed strategies for teaching literacy in K-12 classroom settings. We talk about challenges, opportunities, and promising ideas with experts from the state of Missouri.
Episodes
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Matching Readers and Texts
In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Suggs talks with Jennifer Weirthwein about how she helps learners find books, media, and texts that interest them and develop a love of reading.
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Systems Thinking and Literacy
Dr. Cassandra Walker Suggs talks with guest Dr. Peter Stiepleman about literacy lessons learned throughout his career as a teacher and superintendent. Topics include the value of shared scope and sequence, the differing needs of teachers with varying levels of experience, family engagement, and...
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Supporting Emerging Bilingual Students
We talk to Gelene Strecker Sayer about her experience teaching English as a second or other language to emerging bilingual and multilingual students in Missouri.
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Disciplinary Literacies
In this episode, hosts Dr. Cassandra Suggs and Dr. Shea Kerkhoff discuss what disciplinary literacies are and why it is important to teach literacy in each content area. We explain the difference between content area literacy and disciplinary literacies and give examples from science, social...
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Rural Literacies
Dr. Robert Petrone talks with us about what rural literacies are and why rural literacies are important.
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Middle Grade Books and Young Adult Literature
Melanie Barrett, an elementary and middle grades teacher and librarian, talks with us about how she makes literature exciting for children and young adults. She talks about the popularity and the literary value of graphic novels and novels in verse.
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The Importance of Reading
Tess Larson provides a compelling argument for why reading at home, in family life, and in community life is an important part of childhood.
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Literacy in the Middle Grades
In this episode, we hear from veteran English language arts teacher Amy Krueger about what works with her 7th and 8th graders. Amy shares her experiences teaching critical literacies through multicultural literature. She gives us examples of how she supported middle school students in considering...
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Digital Literacy
In this episode, we speak with Bill Bass, innovation coordinator at Parkway School District and former president of ISTE. Bill was one of the co-authors on the NCTE Definition of Literacy in a Digital Age. We talk about what literacy means in a digital, global world and when we should introduce...
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Emergent Literacy
Our guest today is Dr. Joy Nicole Brown. She tells us about her experience in the classroom teaching literacy from emergent to intermediate levels with practical advice for teachers and parents to support children's literacy.
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Adolescent Literacy
In our second episode, Dr. Robert Petrone of the University of Missouri - Columbia discusses the concept of adolescence and what that means for adolescent literacy instruction in secondary school.
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Culturally Responsive Literacy
In our first episode, Dr. Shea Kerkhoff, a literacy professor at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, talks with Julius B. Anthony, President of the St. Louis Regional Literacy Association and St. Louis Black Authors of Children's Literature about literacy in early childhood, fostering joy in...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In our virtual community of practice, we share research-informed strategies for teaching literacy in K-12 classroom settings. We talk about challenges, opportunities, and promising ideas with experts from the state of Missouri.
HOSTED BY
Shea Kerkhoff
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Show Me Literacies currently has 12 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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In our virtual community of practice, we share research-informed strategies for teaching literacy in K-12 classroom settings. We talk about challenges, opportunities, and promising ideas with experts from the state of Missouri.
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Show Me Literacies is created and hosted by Shea Kerkhoff.
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