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In this episode of the Homeschool Better Together podcast, I'm sharing an overview of our curriculum choices for the 2024-2025 school year. With both a senior and a 9th grader, our homeschool routine is a bit different, and I'm excited to walk you through our approach.We start each day with a focused morning time that sets the tone for learning, followed by individual subjects tailored to each child's needs and interests. I'll also share tips on how we keep our homeschool organized and why staying flexible is key to a successful year.Key TakeawaysOverview of our curriculum choices for a senior and 9th grader.The importance of a focused morning time.Tips for staying organized and flexible in homeschool.Resources and Links:Homeschool Better Together Free CommunityPut Your Homeschool Year on Autopilot courseThe World from A to Z with Carl AzuzHallow appWhatever Happened to Penny Candy (Uncle Eric) by Richard J. MayberryThe Amazing Dr. Ransom's Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies by Douglas WilsonThe Silver Chair by C.S. LewisEnder's Game by Orson Scott CardTo Kill A Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Odyssey by Homer Student Planner Pages (from Homeschool Better Together)Fix It Grammar from IEWConsumer Math with Mr. D MathThe Lively Art of Writing by Lucille Van PeltWorkbook for The Lively Art of Writing (found on the Well-Trained Mind Forum)The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades by Judith C. Hochman and Natalie WexlerKhan Academy (Biology course)The Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments (book and lab kit from the Home Scientist)Elemental Science's high school biology PDF (labs scheduling)Japanese tutorMr. D Geometry
Subscriber-only episode This is our first exclusive bonus episode of Reading Teachers Lounge podcast. In these episodes, Shannon and Mary will share about the students they're helping in reading, the resources they're using, and the books and other materials they're studying to further their practical knowledge about the Science of Reading. In August 2024, Shannon and Mary go step by step through interpreting the results of a student's writing screener. Shannon talks about using Fundations handwriting guide and the UFLI curriculum and apps with her first grade tutoring student. Mary shares how she's using Bookworms, Mrs. Wordsmith, Times Tales, and the Measured Mom with her tutoring students. Resources Mentioned Cherry Lee Writing Screener PDF Measured Mom Plus - a paid membership for materials created by Anna Geiger. There are also many freebies! fundations letter formation guide Times Tales - a story based way for students to practice multiplication automaticity (once they have mastered the concept of multiplication only.) UFLI Toolbox UFLI apps handwriting app Bookworms Shared Reading Mrs. Wordsmith The Writing Revolution by Judith C. Hochman and Natalie Wexler *Amazon affiliate linkUncovering the Logic of English by Denise Eide *Amazon affiliate link Teaching Reading in Small Groups by Jennifer Serravallo *Amazon affiliate linkThe New Art and Science of Teaching Reading by Julia A. Simms and Robert J. Marzano *Amazon affiliate link The Reading Comprehension Blueprint Activity Book by Nancy Lewis Hennessy *Amazon affiliate link Get Literacy Support through our Patreon
This week, Kaity and Adriane chat with Natalie Wexler, an education writer and the author of "The Knowledge Gap," about the root causes of the pervasive knowledge gap, the unintended consequences of modern education, and actionable solutions for closing the achievement gap and igniting a love of learning in students.Episode 43 also explores:
Are you wondering how to boost interaction among your students within your world language classroom? Struggling to find effective strategies that get students engage while listening, reading and writing? Look no further—this episode is for you.Join us as we welcome Tan Huynh, a secondary school educator with a deep focus on English language acquisition, author, podcaster, and consultant. Joining from across the globe, Tan shares his insights into the powerful Talk Read Talk Write (TRTW) model, pioneered by Nancy Motley.Tan has embraced TRTW to enhance the learning experiences of multilingual students, meticulously using the model to facilitate meaningful processing of input while students read and listen, and to scaffold student output when they are writing or talking. TRTW offers a robust framework for lesson planning, enabling students to engage deeply with the content and each other through reading, listening, and writing activities.Intrigued? Click here to dive deeper into how TRTW can be incorporated into your lesson plans, fostering more engaging, interactive, and supportive learning environments for your students.________________________________-Tan Huynh (@tankhuynh ) is a secondary school teacher specializing in English language acquisition, an author, podcaster, and consultant. He has taught students from 5th to 10th grade in domestic public, private, and charter, but the bulk of his experience has been in international schools. He also taught social studies and spends much of his days co-planning and co-teaching. Tan is trained in sheltered instruction, WIDA, culturally-responsive instruction, International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program, and the Collaborative Instructional Cycle. Tan shares his application of research-based strategies on his blog, podcast, and online courses with the hopes of celebrating teachers who answer the @calling to serve multilingual learners. He holds a master's degree in curriculum and instruction specializing in language acquisition. You can learn more about his work by going to http://TanKHuynh.com .Resources:Tan K. Huyng BlogEmpowering MLs PodcastTalk Read Talk Write BookThe Knowledge Gap by Natalie WexterThe Writing Revolution by Judith C. Hochman, and more. Growing With Proficiency The BlogGrowing With Proficiency The Spanish Teacher AcademyGrowing With Proficiency TPT StoreFree FB Community: Growing With CIClaudia @IG
In this episode, I'm joined by Heather O'Donnell for a conversation about writing skills that will help your kids and students improve their comprehension. Heather O'Donnell MS.Ed and Ed.M began her career as a classroom teacher. Working in both special and general education classroom settings, she left the classroom in 2018 to open New Paltz Multisensory, an online and in-person tutoring practice in New Paltz, NY. After identifying a need for private multisensory reading instruction in her community, the practice has grown to include a team of 13 tutors providing online and in-person multisensory reading, writing, and math instruction to students in over 10 states. Heather uses the Orton-Gillingham approach to diagnostically provide explicit instruction so that kids learn to love learning again! You can connect with Heather by visiting her website, New Paltz Multisensory, or by finding her on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. Books & Resources Mentioned in This Episode: This book and resource list may contain Amazon affiliate links. I may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you) if you purchase through these links. Thanks for your support! New Paltz Multisensory Tutoring TpT store The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler The Writing Revolution by Judith C. Hochman and Natalie Wexler If you'd like to support this podcast in a small way, you can do so here. Please know that any support you can offer is so very much appreciated! If you want to follow me on social media I can be found at the following links: Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. Send me an email at ashleyd@yourreadingtutor.com. Or check out my website at Your Reading Tutor for more reading resources and support! And don't forget to get my FREE Reading Rewards System and get your kids excited about reading today! Music from this podcast was used with permission from Epidemic Sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thereadingproject/support
In this episode Lars speaks with Natalie Wexler about the role of knowledge in learning, and of knowledge rich curriculums in school. We discuss the reception of E.D. Hirsch, the importance of content for writing and reading instruction, the relationship between skills and knowledge, curriculum debates and culture wars, testing reading comprehension, Bloom's taxonomy, Montessori pedagogy, and much more. Natalie Wexler has published two books relevant to the topic of our conversation: The Knowledge Gap (2019) and The Writing Revolution (2017), the last one together with Judith C. Hochman. She also is the host of the six episode podcast Knowledge Matters podcast, and she publishes regularly on her Substack: https://nataliewexler.substack.com/ For further reading, Natalie recommends Daisy Christodoulou's book Seven Myths about Education. For the debate about school reform, Matthew Iglesias and Freddie deBoer, see: https://nataliewexler.substack.com/p/reports-of-the-death-of-education ---------------------------- Our logo is by Sveinung Sudbø, see his works on originalkopi.com The music is by Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen, see the facebook page Nygrenda Vev og Dur for more info. ---------------------------- Thank you for listening. You can contact us on our facebook page or by email: larsogpaal@gmail.com There is no better way for the podcast to gain new interested listener than by you sharing it with friends, so if you find what we do interesting and useful, please consider doing just that. The podcast is still most in Norwegian, but we have a lot of episodes coming out in English. Our blogs: https://paljabekk.com/ https://larssandaker.blogspot.com/ Alt godt, hilsen Lars og Pål
Back in 2019, Natalie Wexler joined Susan Lambert as the very first guest on Science of Reading: The Podcast. Now—more than three years and three million downloads later—Science of Reading: The Podcast welcomes Natalie back on the show. She and Susan discuss what she's seen in the 3+ years since releasing her groundbreaking book The Knowledge Gap and delve into the importance of managing cognitive load, building long-term memory, writing, and the broader science of literacy. Lastly, Natalie shares what she hopes to see in the education headlines in the not-so-distant future. Show notes:Our first episode with Natalie Wexler, The Knowledge GapThe Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System—And How to Fix It , by Natalie WexlerBloom's TaxonomyOne Sentence At A Time, by Judith C. Hochman and Natalie WexlerThe Writing Revolution websiteKnowledge Matters CampaignStatement from Knowledge Matters CampaignQuotes:“I'm a little worried that Science of Reading, narrowly defined, isn't encompassing everything we need to do. And people are getting the idea that if they just add more phonics to what they're already doing, they'll have solved the problem.” —Natalie Wexler“Even if we do a great job on that foundational skills side of things, if we are not also changing current standard practice with regard to comprehension. If we don't start building kids' academic knowledge and vocabulary early, we are gonna find, at higher grade levels, kids are gonna be able to decode complex text, but they may not be able to understand it.” —Natalie Wexler“There are serious problems with how we have been approaching decoding instruction. There are equally serious problems with how we've been approaching comprehension instruction, and that's the message that I think is not getting out.” —Natalie Wexler“You can't get to the top without going through the bottom. You can't think critically about a topic that you don't have understanding or knowledge of, it's just not going to work.” —Natalie Wexler“Here's the catch about writing: It's hugely important. It can help cement knowledge and long-term memory, and deepen knowledge.” —Natalie Wexler“Even if you as a teacher have doubts about the curriculum. It's really important to give it your best shot and approach it with enthusiasm.” —Natalie Wexler“It's great to focus attention on problems with phonics instruction, but we also need to bring attention to problems with comprehension instruction and the failure to build a kind of knowledge that fuels comprehension.” —Natalie Wexler“What has amazed me is how many teachers and educators have nevertheless really embraced this message. And I think that really speaks to how much they care about their students. Change is hard, but they are undertaking it daily.” —Natalie Wexler
We all want our children to receive a high-quality education – one that builds knowledge and teaches them how to think. But how do we go about this? Charlotte Mason said that education should be focused on feeding children a feast of living ideas (from books) then narrating what they learn, by speaking or writing about it. But how does Mason's method compare to cognitive science today? And why is this method of educating children so effective? I've invited the author Natalie Wexler to discuss these questions and more on this episode. Natalie Wexler is an education writer and the author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System—and How to Fix It (Avery 2019). She is also the co-author, with Judith C. Hochman, of The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades (Jossey-Bass 2017), and a senior contributor at Forbes.com. Her articles and essays on education and other topics have appeared in The NewYork Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and on her free newsletter, Minding the Gap. She has spoken on education before a wide variety of groups and appeared on a number of TV and radio shows, including Morning Joe and NPR's On Point and 1A. Find out more about Natalie and her work at her website, www.nataliewexler.com, or follow her on Twitter (@natwexler). Show Notes https://simplewonders.org/2022/12/09/the-connection-between-reading-and-thinking-w-natalie-wexler/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jessica9025/support
Welcome to Dyslexia Coffee Talk with the Dyslexia Initiative. Grab your coffee and join us for a conversation. We are so excited to have you join us! On this week's episode of Dyslexia Coffee Talk we are joined by Natalie Wexler. Natalie is the author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix It (Avery 2019) & Co-author with Judith C. Hochman of The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades (Jossey-Bass 2017). Please check out her website at www.nataliewexler.com. Host: Ashley Roberts
Very few people truly love academic standardized testing, but animosity over assessments seems to increase in intensity every year. But are the exams themselves the problem or what their scores reveal? Amy and Mike invited education writer Natalie Wexler to explain why we should listen to what testing tells us. What are five things you will learn in this episode? Do college admissions tests merely reflect cultural or racial bias? Do wealthier families have an unfair advantage because they can afford expensive test prep? How does the elementary school curriculum relate to the inequities we see in high school? What can schools do to help make college admissions and other standardized tests more equitable? What is the role of writing instruction in preventing and compensating for educational inequity? MEET OUR GUEST Natalie Wexler is an education writer and the author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System—and How to Fix It (Avery 2019). She is also the co-author, with Judith C. Hochman, of The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades (Jossey-Bass 2017), and a senior contributor at Forbes.com. Her articles and essays on education and other topics have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and other publications. She has spoken on education before a wide variety of groups and appeared on a number of TV and radio shows, including Morning Joe and NPR’s On Point and 1A. She holds a BA from Harvard University, an MA in history from the University of Sussex (UK), and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania, and she has worked as a reporter, a Supreme Court law clerk, a lawyer, and a legal historian. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and has two adult children.. Find Natalie at nataliewexler.com. LINKS 6 Arguments Against the SAT--And Why They Don't Hold Up Why 12th-Grade Test Scores Are Even Worse Than They Appear Elementary Education Has Gone Terribly Wrong One Sentence at a Time: The Need for Explicit Instruction in Teaching Students to Write Well RELATED EPISODES WHY GRADE INFLATION IS HARMFUL DO TEST OPTIONAL POLICIES DRIVE EQUITY? TRACKING COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page.
What do extinct dinosaurs, shrinking planet Mercury, pygmies from Africa, Mesopotamian pottery, Roman bath houses, and the COVID-19 virus have in common? These are topics that once children know about, can build their knowledge of the world and expand their world view. Considering that in modern America, education is the best hope in minimizing the effects of inequity, we are better off exposing children to expansive topics, stories, ideas, and concepts that can frame successfully their innate curiosity and build early childhood learning readiness.On this episode, Natalie Wexler, journalist and author of the book, The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System—and How to Fix It, shares why a comprehension problem in reality is a knowledge problem. Even though it's well intended, she believes that the universal approach of focusing on comprehension to improve reading skills may fail to form essential knowledge. Her research emphasizes that the surprise benefit of a content rich curriculum is such that it provides an opportunity to all learners to discover something they didn't know they were even interested in and shape them into engaged and self-driven students.About Natalie WexlerNatalie Wexler is the author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System—and How to Fix It, and the co-author, with Judith C. Hochman, of The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and other publications, and she is a senior contributor on education to Forbes.com.Websites:www.nataliewexler.comBooks:The Knowledge GapThe Writing RevolutionHelpful Articles:Elementary Education Has Gone Terribly WrongHow to Get Your Mind to ReadThe Achievement Gap Hasn't Budged In 50 Years. Now What?Support the show (https://mailchi.mp/7c848462e96f/full-prefrontal-sign-up)
In her new book, The Knowledge Gap, education journalist Natalie Wexler chronicles what she calls America's broken education system. She cites the devastating impact, especially on underserved children, of an elementary education where she says comprehension is mistakenly seen as a matter of building generic skills, overlooking the essential need to build actual knowledge. Wexler says not only is school boring as a result, but scores on measures of reading comprehension remain stagnant. Beyond diagnosing the problem, Wexler showcases innovative educators who she says are bringing real learning into the classroom. Wexler challenges all of us to think beyond the typical excuses for failing schools and consider the need for a knowledge-rich curriculum that exposes children to vocabulary and stories that build upon each other. A senior contributor to Forbes.com, Wexler's writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic and The Washington Post, and she is the co-author with Judith C. Hochman of The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades. Kati Haycock is the founder and former CEO of Education Trust, an organization dedicated to high achievement for all students, particularly those of color or living in poverty. Kate Walsh has led the National Council on Teacher Quality for over 15 years, championing greater transparency and higher standards for all institutions that impact teacher effectiveness. Wexler will speak about her findings and then join a conversation with education advocates Kati Haycock and Kate Walsh, moderated by KIPP teacher Josh Martinez. Come for a vital discussion aimed at solving America's education woes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today we are live with Natalie Wexler, the author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System–And How to Fix It (LISTENERS - IT’S AVAILABLE TODAY!). The book focuses on the lack of content in the elementary curriculum and its connection to what is commonly known as the achievement gap–the gap in test scores between affluent and low-income students. Natalie is also the co-author, with Judith C. Hochman, of The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades (Jossey-Bass 2017), and a senior contributor to the education channel at Forbes.com.Natalie provides a snapshot of research on building knowledge, then tangibly deconstructs the why and how behind the research making explicit connections to education classrooms today. She shares three obstacles she believes are holding educators back from understanding and implementing the research on building knowledge: intellectual, habitual, and emotional obstacles. Natalie provides clear steps to take to ‘fix’ the knowledge gap: adopting a content-focused curriculum to build knowledge, and providing teachers and leaders with ongoing professional development and coaching grounded in the curriculum. We are thrilled that Natalie joined us today! Pick up her new book, The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System–And How to Fix It, and join our book club this fall. In the meantime, find articles and say hi to Natalie at https://nataliewexler.com/ or on Twitter @natwexler.
In today’s episode we’re speaking to Dr. Judith C. Hochman. Judy is the creator of the Hochman Method and founder… The post ERRR #029. Judith Hochman on How to Teach Students to Write appeared first on Ollie Lovell.
Reading and Writing go hand-in-hand. Hesitant readers tend to be hesitant writers. We ask students to do a lot of writing throughout the day. Shannon and Mary discuss the importance and elements of quality writing instruction.Resource Links:NOTE: As an Amazon Associate program, we earn a small amount from your qualifying purchases. We'd appreciate if you would use our links to help support the podcast.*Thinking Maps The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subject Areas by Judith C. Hochman and Amanda Wexler*Reading and Writing Strategies Facebook CommunityLOTS of writing instruction videos from The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (Lucy Calkins)What is Writing WorkshopWriters Workshop Procedures7 Ways to Support Student Writing in any Content AreaSeth Perler student video describing how audience and purpose are essential to "getting your words on paper."Seth Perler video blog The Writing Process (in plain English)Empowering WritersFollow Us:Our WebsiteInstagramShannon's TpT Store
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