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August 26, 2022 46 mins

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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 Colato Laínez
9-Grammar Worksheets Be Gone from
Whitney LaRocca and Jeff Anderson
8-Integrate Sensory Learning from
April Jones Prince and Marcie Flinchum Atkins
7-Magic Mirrors All Around from
Kate Messner and Tina Athaide
6-Outline Occultism from
Zetta Elliott
5-Abracadabra
Nanowrimo from Lisa Stringfellow
4-Extra! Extra! Read All About It from
Kristen Nordstrom and Rukhsanna Guidroz
3-Bust Out of Binary Boxes from
Michael Leali
2-Listen to Your Students from
Pernille Ripp
1-Highlight Moments of Magic from
Erin Dealey

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On the next episode, we’ll be chatting with author and writing instructor
Michelle Cusolito. Be sure to check out her books Flying Deep and Diving Deep before the interview.

I want to give a shout out to
Sarah Brannen for Chalk + Ink’s podcast art. If you want to make the most out of these last few summer weeks, be sure to check out Sarah’s A Perfect Day for some summertime fun.

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