Creating a Classroom Community That LOVES Reading with Sara Marye

This episode is extra special because our guest is actually a long time friend of mine! Once upon a time, Sara and I even had classrooms right next door to each other. Tune in to hear how Sara and I first met and became teacher besties! Sara is on the show to talk all about how you can create a classroom community who genuinely loves reading. 

This episode will give you the inspiration you need as you intentionally plan for the upcoming school year. Standards and assessments are important, and part of our job, but first we need to determine how we can appeal to our student’s needs and interests when it comes to reading. Sara is going to tell us how!

Sara has over a decade of experience working as a classroom teacher and school administrator. She is now a literacy specialist and CEO of the Stellar Teacher Company who is passionate about helping elementary teachers around the world grow their students into life long readers. Sara is also the host of the Stellar Teacher Podcast, where she loves to share her favorite literacy tips each week.

In this episode we discuss:

• The idea that you are teaching the reader, not the text
• Why students lose their love for reading and how we can we change this
• Reading picture books for fun without having an assignment attached to it
• Empowering our students to have a reading identity and voice
• Ways to increase student independence, buy-in, and engagement

Resources mentioned:

• Join the Stellar Teacher Membership Waitlist
• Genre Anchor Charts, Reading Passages, and Activities Bundle
• Reading Response Choice Boards
• Episode 23, Using Centers for Upper Elementary Kids

Connect with Sara:

• Stellarteacher.com
• Instagram: @thestellarteacher
• Stellar Teacher Podcast
• Sign up for Sara’s email list

Connect with Megan:

• Check out my TpT Store
• Join The Literacy Dive Facebook Group
• Subscribe to my E-mail List
• Instagram posts
• Blog posts
• Facebook posts
• Watch my YouTube channel

About The Literacy Dive Podcast:

Do you find yourself seeking new ideas when it comes to literacy instruction in elementary classrooms? The Literacy Dive Podcast was created to offer actionable steps and to share information for teachers, like you, who are always looking to improve their craft! ELA is our jam and we are excited to dive into all things reading and writing with you!

Your host, Megan Polk, is the creator and owner behind Miss P’s Style. She is a literacy specialist and loves to support students and their teachers with curriculum, literacy instruction, best practices, and engaging literacy activities. Through this podcast, she will share literacy tips and strategies that she has learned from the many years of experience she holds from being an elementary teacher and literacy specialist. Megan has taught all elementary grades (K-5), but an intense passion and love for upper elementary came about!

Dive in with us every Monday for a new episode from Megan! She, and her guests, will chat about various literacy topics and will bring you tips and tricks that can easily be implemented in your classrooms… immediately!

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