Teachers Ask Jen Serravallo
Summary: Teachers Ask Jen Serravallo brings the popular and familiar Ask… format to professional development podcasts for teachers. The questions come from real teachers like you, and Jen’s answers are brief, thoughtful, and succinct. Think of it as bite-sized PD, or just-in-time professional learning for teachers. Topics cover reading strategies, student engagement, reading assessment, reading conferences, read-aloud, small group instruction, guided reading, close reading, independent reading, reading workshop, book choice, motivating students, coaching, mentoring, and other topics that help teachers improve their inquiry-based and research-based teaching of reading and writing. Jennifer Serravallo is the author of several well-known books for educators, including The Reading Strategies Book, Literacy Teachers Playbook Grades 3-6, Literacy Teachers Playbook Grades K-2, Independent Reading Assessment - Fiction, Independent Reading Assessment - Non-fiction, Teaching Reading in Small Groups, and Conferring with Readers. Her website is www.jenniferserravallo.com. She is a frequent blogger and is active on Twitter @jserravallo and on other social media.
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Welcome to episode #4! In this episode, Jen answers… “How much do you try to connect a conference to whole class teaching vs. focusing on that student’s individual needs?” and… “How do you motivate reluctant readers to keep trying to find books to love?” (updated Q!) Subscribe in iTunes Do you have a question? You [...]
Welcome to episode #3! In this episode, Jen answers… “I always struggle with how to help a child who has great fluency but little comprehension. (might be basic for some teachers, but difficult for me)” Thank you, Anne. Subscribe in iTunes Do you have a question? You can ask it here, where you can also [...]
Welcome to episode #2! In this episode, Jen answers… “I’ve always heard the adage, “Teach the reader, not the book.” So, how do you recommend getting started/meeting students where they’re at?” Thank you for asking, Jennifer! and… “I m a young teacher, and I feel like I just don t have that many reading strategies that [...]
Welcome to the very first episode! Jen explains what you can expect from this podcast and answers the very first teacher question, which comes from Paula in Idaho. Subscribe in iTunes Do you have a question? You can ask it here, where you can also see what others are asking. You can also join the [...]
