Chalk and Ink: The Podcast for Teachers Who Write and Writers Who Teach
Chalk and Ink is a biweekly podcast that interviews teachers who write and writers who teach. Are you looking for inspiration to develop and deepen your writing and/or teaching practice? If so, then listen to the experts who make it their practice to become better writers and teachers every day. An episode will publish every other Friday during the school year. If you'd like to connect after listening, please find me on Twitter @KateNarita or visit my website www.katenarita.com Happy listening!
Episodes
Remember to sign up for our next Chalk + Ink Chat on April 26th with Lisa Stringfellow and Michael Leali to talk about their debut year and DEI in middle grade novels. Go to www.katenarita.com/podcast and fill out the Chalk + Ink Chat form.
To prep for our next episode, please read Text...
Nicole D. Collier talks about fear, asks tough questions about whether or not we’re betraying ourselves, and gives listeners tips to create courage.
Sign up for our next Chalk + Ink Chat featuring Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders at 8 PM EST.
For our next episode, please read Making Americans: Stories of Historic Struggles, New Ideas, and Inspiration in Immigrant Education by Jessica Lander.
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Kyle Lukoff talks about puzzling out books, gives tips to librarians to protect their patrons’ right to choose their own books and compares picture books to formalist poems.
Remember to sign up for our next Chalk + Ink Chat on March 29th, 2023 with Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders to talk about biographies, collaboration, book bans and more. Go to www.katenarita.com/podcast and fill out the Chalk + Ink Chat form....
On today's episode, Ralph Fletcher talks about how writing is a process of self-discovery, how the writer’s notebook is a place to honor students’ voices, and creating idea treasure maps.
For homework, be sure to read Kyle Lukoff's Newbery Honor book, Too Bright to See.
Happy listening!
This week Melanie Meehan and Stacey Shubitz from the Two Writing Teachers Podcast talk about how writing helps us live wide-awake lives, discuss why the best teachers of writing, write, and how as authors it’s our responsibility to ask for what we need from a critique.
Join us for a Chalk + Ink Chat on the last Wednesday of every month, from September through May, from 8-9 PM EST. Our February 2023 featured guest is none ...
On today’s episode, Emily Francis talks about transparency and honoring our students’ stories as well as their wishes.
Stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out how to win a signed copy of Emily's incredible epistolary autobiography, If You Only Knew: Letters From an Immigrant Teacher.
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Welcome to Chalk + Ink's 50th episode! Without Andy J. Pizza, Chalk + Ink wouldn't exist. Want to know why? Give a listen.
In this episode, we discuss the definition of creativity, what it means when we say art works, and how to produce a successful podcast.
After you listen to this episode, if you want to hear more of what Andy has to say, be sure to check out his podcast Creative Pep Talk. He's ...
On today’s show, with we talk about getting outside, the importance of cultivating a gratitude mindset, Susan Edwards Richmond, and how it takes community collaboration to create a powerful picture book.
Stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out how to win one of Susan's signed picture books or one of Susan's picture book critiques.
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Today, Tracey Baptiste lets listeners in on the organizational tricks that have scaffolded her breakthroughs as an author and as a teacher. In addition to talking about organizational tools, we talk about the subconscious and debunking inaccurate historical “facts.”
Before our next episode, please read one of Susan Edwards Richmond’s fantastic picture books, Bioblitz! and Bird Count.
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Before our next episode, please read one of Tracey Baptiste’s fantastic books. Although Tracey is probably most known for her Jumbies series, we focus on her nonfiction titles Because Claudette and African Icons in this epis...
Linda Urban talks about the importance of ditching “have-tos,” and embracing specificity and small moments.
Want to win a signed copy of one of Linda’s heartwarming books? Tweet or retweet this episode and be sure to tag me, 2) Go to www.katenarita.com/podcast and make a comment on this episode’s post, 3) Make a comment about the episode on our Chalk + Ink Facebook page; and 4) Become a Chalk + Ink Patreon supporter. Plea...
In this episode, the perseverant Sandy Stark-McGinnis talks about parallels, plot and point of view.
Stay tuned till the end of the episode to find out how to win a signed copy of Extraordinary Birdsor The Space Between Lost and Found from Sandy. Congrats to Jennifer Roman for winning a signed-copy of Sally Engelfried’s debut middle grade novel, Learning to Fall.
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Today Sally Engelfried talks about productive weekends, innovative ways to use a writer’s notebook, and how to find a story’s emotional core.
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In this episode with Cindy Rodriguez, we talk about the importance of embracing opportunities, growth mindset, and developing relationships in and out of the classroom.
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In this episode, Ruth Behar and I talk about solitude, storytelling and surprises.
If Chalk + Ink has made you a better author and/or educator, please fill out this form so I can feature you on our 50th episode.
It would be great if this season, the number of downloads per episode would double compared to the second season. Please help me spread the word by sharing the podcast on social media, writing a review whe...
I’m so excited to dive deep into our first interview of the season with marvelous Michelle Cusolito.
In this episode we talk about the importance of writing with our students, the power of picture book dummies, and how stepping outside of our comfort zone enriches our creativity.
If Chalk + Ink has made you a better author and/or educator, please fill out this form so I can feature you on our 50th episode.
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It's the end of the summer season and the beginning of fall which for teachers and students is bittersweet. The laid back summer feeling slips away and the frantic fall frenzy rushes in.
But the good news is after compiling last season’s top ten tips for a luminous literacy workshop, I can’t wait to pack up my beach bag and head back to the classroom. Here they are:
10-Plan to Play from Jyoti Rajan Gopal and René Cola...
I’ve compiled the top ten writing tips from this season’s guests to help get listeners psyched up for a creative, productive summer.
This episode embodies the reason this podcast exists. You count. You matter. Your creativity counts. Your happiness matters. It’s time to pour all the energy you channel into teaching during the school year into your creative process. Whether you are a budding or a blooming writer, these tips will hel...
As many of you know, my beloved dog, Buck, passed away a week ago. Normally, I don’t record interviews with him in the room. But when Jyoti and I recorded this episode, I knew my days with him were numbered. So, I let him stay with m...
On today’s episode with Kate Messner we talk about what happens when we share our writing process with our students, inviting our students to help us make our writing stronger, and taking and making time to prioritize our writing.
Debut author Jyoti Gopal will be joining us next episode to talk about her exquisite picture book debut American Desi. None of her six books, yes, you heard me correctly, six books have been rel...
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