Teaching Reading & Writing

In this episode, Audra Wood shares with us how she uses read alouds to support students in learning reading and writing standards. She shares specific strategies that you can use across K-12 to help your students get excited and engaged as readers while improving their literacy abilities.

In this episode, we're speaking with McKenzie Sullivan, a high school science teacher in Big Piney, Wyoming. She'll share with us how she helps students read original, peer-reviewed research in her science class. It's a complex skill, and it can sound intimidating, but McKenzie will walk us through step-by-step how she makes this a successful experience for her students.

In this episode, we're speaking with Erin Silcox a doctoral student in the Ph.D. Literacy program at the University of Wyoming. Erin conducts research on trauma-informed literacy practices. In this episode, she will share with us what a trauma-informed literacy practice is and how sanctioning tough topics in your classroom and support students' literacy development. She also provides two things teachers can do to get started.Interested in learning more? Connect with Erin via her website: https://www.traumainformedteachers.com/home.html