Read Into This

Read Into This

Read Into This is about books, articles, fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, media texts, cookbooks, and everything in between. We will explore how we read and how what we read makes us who we are and helps us learn about those around us. Can’t wait for you to join in and talk wordy with us.

Episodes

S3 E7 Author Chat with Kevin Sylvester (Apartment 713)

February 26, 2023 • 66 mins
Guest:
Kevin Sylvester
http://kevinsylvesterbooks.com/
Twitter: @Kevinarts
Instagram: @sylvesterartwork

Kevin Sylvester joins host Beth Lyons to talk all about his work as a kids lit author/illustrator and the challenges of writing such a variety of genres and styles. Kevin shares his love of visual texts such as Spiderman Comics and graphic novels and discusses why it’s such an important genre for kids (and adults!) to explore. The co...
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S3 E6 Read Into Transitioning Roles within Education- Crossover Episode

January 7, 2023 • 50 mins
Hosts:
Beth Lyons (@MrsLyonsLibrary)
Pav Wander (@PavWander) and Chey Cheney (@mrccheney)
The Chey and Pav Show (@StaffPodcast)

In a repeat of their crossover episode last year, Chey Cheney and Pav Wander from the Chey and Pav Show, join Beth Lyons to discuss their new roles within the education system. The conversation starts with looking back at their start in podcasting when the pandemic first began and how the re-opening of the wor...
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S3 E5 Read Into Multilingual Learners

January 2, 2023 • 50 mins
In this episode, Beth Lyons, discusses multilingual learners with MLL resource teacher, Kimiko Shibata. The discussion starts with looking at what is a multilingual learner and the transition to MLL from ELL -asset based terminology. Kimiko helps to define what ESL means in the context of a classroom, STEPs to language proficiency, collaboration between classroom and MLL staff, and accommodations vs modifications. The question of h...
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S3 E4 Read Into Mentor Texts

December 4, 2022 • 54 mins
The episode starts with all three educators talking about early years education and the reflection/intentionality behind our practices before getting into the discussion of mentor texts in the classroom and school library. Klara and Michelle provided this prompt on their IG account as they engaged in sharing a variety of mentor texts at the start of this school year: How might mentor texts provide opportunities for our Ss to feel s...
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S3 E3 Read Into Inquiry Mindset & Assessment with Trevor Mackenzie

October 22, 2022 • 75 mins
Trevor Mackenzie returns to Read Into This to chat more about #InquiryMindset and his book Inquiry Mindset: Assessment Edition, Scaffolding a Partnership for Equity and Agency in Learning with host Beth Lyons. The conversation starts by looking at their previous conversation at the start of the pandemic and their observations about the learning that has happened due to crisis education. Trevor explores what prompted the journey fro...
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S3 E2 Read Into Dyslexia Awareness Month

October 6, 2022 • 60 mins
Read Into This host, Beth Lyons, welcomes Stephen Hurley from VoicEd Radio yo co-host as they discuss Dyslexia Awareness Month with Alicia Smith, the Executive Director of Dyslexia Canada, and Stacey Morrison Hadden, a literacy consultant with the Durham Catholic District School Board. The conversation starts with unpacking dyslexia, a complex term that’s important for educators to understand.
The panel looks at some of the common ...
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S3 E1 Read Into Genrifying the Library

September 18, 2022 • 48 mins
Read Into This host, Beth Lyons talks with teacher-librarian Matthew Shchukovsky about what led to the decision to genrify the fiction/chapter book section in the K-5 library where he works.

Texts mentioned in this episode:
A shout-out to Kelsey Bogan (@kelseybogan) for sharing her process on her blog:

https://dontyoushushme.com/2018/11/08/10-steps-to-genre-fy-your-library/

https://dontyoushushme.com/2021/10/12/genrefication-3-years-la...
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S2 E21 Read Into ONSchool Libraries

August 8, 2022 • 47 mins
Thanks to Paula Hrycenko and Sarah Little for joining host, Beth Lyons, to discuss school libraries within the HWDSB during the 2021-2022 school year. The group discussed what their schedule as the TL looks like and what they are responsible for in their role. Sarah and Paul share how they are working to connect with other TLs within the HWDSB board and support each other’s learning, including collaborating for the Forest of Readin...
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S2 E20 Read Into Our LLC Journey

April 23, 2022 • 53 mins
Co-host Beth Lyons welcomes PDSB Teacher-Librarian Jonelle St. Aubyn to the podcast. The two talk about their connection as TLs within a family of schools and the joy and support that comes from meeting together as a teacher-librarian collective. Beth and Jonelle talk about the opportunity they had to present at the superintendent meeting for their family of schools about their journeys within the LLC and how a library learning com...
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S2 E19 Re-opening the Elementary LLC

February 13, 2022 • 56 mins
Co-host Beth Lyons welcomes three teacher-librarians from the TDSB to talk about the closures/reductions/limitations that were in place in the LLC last year and how the LLC re-opened for students this year. The panel discussed what they are noticing or wondering as students return to the LLC and how that has impacted their goals or plans for this year. (This was recorded in November of 2021 and some of the protocols and policies ma...
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S2 E18 Read Into Introducing Beatrice and Croc Harry- Lawrence Hill

January 10, 2022 • 64 mins
Co-hosts Lisa Noble and Beth Lyons sit down with author Lawrence Hill to discuss his new book, Beatrice and Croc Harry.

Lawrence Hill is a writer whose novels and works of non-fiction have been widely read in Canada, translated into many languages and published around the world. He is a professor of creative writing at the University of Guelph and has served as a teacher or mentor to developing writers for thirty years.

His new chi...
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S2 E17 Reading into Re-Opening Secondary LLC

December 5, 2021 • 63 mins
The group discussed the closures/reductions/limitations that were in place for their LLCs last year. Coming from three different Ontario school boards there was a lot to discuss as to how each board approached staffing during the 2020-2021 school year. All three TLs share how their libraries have re-opened for student and educator use this year. How are we ensuring that students have access to culturally relevant and diverse texts ...
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S2 E16 Canadian School Libraries Day LIVE on VoicED radio

November 6, 2021 • 86 mins
Thank you to all who contributed!
Jenn Angle- ON, Teacher-Librarian, Bellmoore School (Binbrook), Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board
Natasha Cardoso- Elementary Teacher/librarian William G. Davis TDSB
Kate Johnson-McGregor, ON, Secondary Teacher-Librarian, Brantford Collegiate, GEDSB - OLA SuperConference Planner
Jennifer Byrne, ON , Elementary Teacher-Librarian, Wilshire Elementary School, YRDSB
Lila Armstrong- BC
Rebecca Rubio- ...
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S2 E15 Summer Reads 2021

September 12, 2021 • 66 mins
Read Into Summer Reads

The co-hosts gather to look back over their favourite summer reads of 2021.

Texts mentioned in this episode:

Not Your Princess by Lisa Charleyboy
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood (Editor Kwame Mbalia)
If I Tell The Truth by Jasmin Kaur
Indivisible by Dan...
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S2 E14 Read Into Learning Loss vs Learning Gains- Melanie White & Cathy MacKechnie

September 6, 2021 • 50 mins
Beth Lyons hosts Melanie White and Cathy MacKechnie, both educators in the Ottawa Carleton District School Board to discuss the idea of learning loss vs. learning gains over the past few years as educators and students have faced the COVID 19 pandemic. The discussion centres on the collaboration between educators who work together, create a plan and are prepared to design in the moment to support student learning.

Melanie White- @W...
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S2 E13 Interview with author Michelle Grierson

July 24, 2021 • 54 mins
S2E13 Interview with author Michelle Grierson

Alanna hosts this episode with debut novelist Michelle Grierson. Teacher turned author Michelle explores the inspiration for Becoming Leidah, and how her trip to Scandinavia solidified her ancestral culture into the world she designed in this book.

You can follow Michelle at:
https://www.michellegrierson.com/

on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/michellegrierson11
on Pinterest https://www...
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S2 E12 Read Into Sharing Stories in COVID Times- Stephen Hurley

July 6, 2021 • 68 mins
Stephen Hurley joins host, Beth Lyons, to unpack the series of podcasts that looked at audiobooks, podcasts and read alouds in classrooms and school libraries during the 2020-2021 school year. They look back at the school year that included both online and bricks-and-mortar classes, the humanity of the education system and what it means to be human in the 21st century.

The podcasts discussed in this episode include:

S2E7 Read Into A...
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S2 E11 Read Into Indigenous Texts

June 29, 2021 • 59 mins
Co-hosts Lisa Noble and Beth Lyons chat about Indigenous texts that span the K-12 education continuum and ways that educators have integrated these texts into their daily practice. This episode was inspired by A Day to Listen- 12 Hours of Indigenous-led Radio Programming on June 30th.

https://downiewenjack.ca/a-day-to-listen/

Texts Mentioned In This Episode
Reclaimed by Jared Martineau (Lisa incorrectly called it Unreserved which is ...
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S2E10 Read Into Read Alouds- Julie Vandendool & Aviva Dunsiger

June 20, 2021 • 52 mins
Join Read Into This host Beth Lyons as she explores how virtual read alouds have been used with fellow teacher-librarian Julie Vandendool and kindergarten educator Aviva Dunsiger throughout the 2020-2021 school year. Our discussion stems from a Twitter thread between the three of us looking at why read alouds seemed to have been more successful when in a virtual space than in the bricks-and-mortar space while following safety proto...
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S2E9 Read Into Audibooks/Podcasts- Tim Boudreau (Part 3)

May 21, 2021 • 46 mins
Beth Lyons speaks to teacher-librarian Tim Boudreau about creating podcasts with students as part of his philosophy and integration of maker education in the school library learning commons. How might integrating podcasts and the creation of content help students to see themselves as creators of digital content and not only consumers? Tim outlines the planning process he undergoes with students as they begin to develop and plan for...
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