Welcome to the Reading Teacher's Playbook—your go to source for upper elementary literacy teachers (grades 3-5) and those who support them, seeking evidence-based literacy practices. Listen in as Eva simplifies literacy instruction, promotes sustainable growth, and empowers you to create engaging lessons that make learning stick. Your host, Eva Mireles, will provide you with practical tips and tools for confident teaching, while fostering a love for reading in your students. Let's huddle up and learn together! Visit her website to learn more: https://evamireles.com/
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I share how you can lead a literacy revolution in your classroom that helps equip students to become thinking members of society.
I talk about:
-What book banning is.
-Why world lea…
Listen in as: I share what has been helping me navigate grief and work.
I talk about:
-What grief is.
-Questions to ask yourself so that you can identify what you need most.
-How creating a movem…
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Share two professional book recommendations for this time of year. Teachers are lifelong learners and as such you are always on the lookout for books and skills to add to your toolbox.
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I share tips about ways to reset your reading block any time of the year, because let’s face it, any time of year is a good time to reset your reading block.
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-Celebrating …
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I share part two of a two part series about how a love of reading is cultivated in a classroom. Part two of this series is all about how a love of reading is taught.
I talk about:
-What…
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I share part one of a two part series about how a love of reading is cultivated in a classroom. Part one of this series is all about how a love of reading is caught.
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-Taki…
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I share why I took an extended break from the podcast and what to look forward to hearing in this upcoming season.
I talk about:
-Why I took a break
-What made me come back
-Why I’m sti…
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I give you 3 steps for keeping your students reading over the winter break.
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Creating a culture of reading, no it’s not too late. I also talk about how to use easy to do ac…
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I give you actionable ideas that you can use to launch reading response opportunities the right way.
I talk about:
My love/hate relationship with reading response activities
The right r…
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I give you actionable ideas that you can use to keep students accountable during independent reading.
I talk about:
Creating a culture of reading
Using Stop and Jot
And …. So much more
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Reader’s workshop has been around for a long time, which means that there are a lot of books out there. This can be good and it can also be overwhelming. That’s where I come in.
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In this episode we are going to talk about all things independent reading. Take a sneak peak at my workshop that talks about all things launching independent reading so that you launch your readers w…
In the last episode we talked all about setting goals for yourself as the teacher of your reading block. We talked about my 7 step approach to setting goals that stick and how to use those goals to c…
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Learn how to set goals for yourself as the chief visionary for your reading classroom. Learn my seven step approach to crafting a goal that helps you create your PD plan for the year…
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I interviewed Erin Myres and we talked about ways teachers can recharge this summer.
Erin has been teaching for 8 years and has experience in both elementary and middle school. She w…
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I interviewed Alexis from The Afro Educator and we talked about all things teacher rest and reflection this summer. This episode is jam packed with solid advice and tips for teachers…