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PVLEGS--Giving all students voice @PVLEGS

Every child deserves an effective, powerful voice. Speaking is the #1 language art. By far. Let's be intentional about teaching oral communication skills.

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Thanks @middleweb for valuing the #1 language art, speaking! And thank you, teachers, for reading this article and giving your students the gift of an effective voice!! middleweb.com/53485/helping-…
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Are your students making podcasts and videos? Give them help before recording! See the book here: routledge.com/Well-Spoken-Te…
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Making podcasts? Videos? Give students help before recording! See the book here: routledge.com/Well-Spoken-Te…
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Want to AI-proof your students? hmhco.com/blog/how-oral-comm…
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Educational malpractice: posting videos on YouTube showing students failing. Teach students to be successful before recording them. Watch 4th graders BEFORE instruction (1st minute) and 4th graders AFTER instruction (2nd min.) : youtu.be/dbYTc9ZZQNc

4th graders without speaking lessons and with speaking lessons

The first 55 seconds show 4th graders talking about the Reconstruct...

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What if you could give all your students an AI-proof skill? It can be done. See routledge.com/Well-Spoken-Te… #routledge #stenhouse @ncte
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Student podcasts can be WAY better. Spend 9 minutes to find out how. hmhco.com/blog/how-to-start-…

How to Start a Student Podcast: A Quick Guide

A quick guide for how to start a student podcast, with tips and tricks for teachers for the whole recording process

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Gestures! An offbeat and hilarious way to teach students about effective hand gestures: youtube.com/watch?v=b8mQvEsG… You DO teach gestures, don't you? You wouldn't put something on your rubric you never taught, right?
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Dull read-aloud. Weak poetry recitations. Podcasts that make 2 minutes seem like 20. All easily fixable. routledge.com/Well-Spoken-Te… I'll buy it back from you if you don't like it.
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Is 2025 the year you give your students true voice? This book will make it happen: routledge.com/Well-Spoken-Te… I'll buy it back from you if it doesn't help. #teaching @ncte #EnglishTeacher 20% off with the coupon in comment #1.

Well Spoken: Teaching Speaking to All Students

Teachers at all grade levels in all subjects have speaking assignments for students, but many teachers believe they don't know how to teach speaking, and many even fear speaking to groups themselves....

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PVLEGS--Giving all students voice retweeted
Erik Palmer--Giving all students real voice@erik_palmer
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NEVER POST SOMETHING WITHOUT VERIFYING THE SOURCE! No, "the Internet" is not a source. Is there a "He said this on Page 114 of _____" or "This is from a speech on April 14, ___"? Be better, be less lazy. pvlegs.blog/2024/07/18/fakeq…

Fake Quotes: A lesson in how easily we can be duped

We all see the news: trolls are posting fake stories. Russian bots are spreading falsehoods. We all think, “That’s terrible!” We worry that our children will be duped. Why do these lies spread? Why…

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Dull read-aloud. Weak poetry recitations. Podcasts that make 2 minutes seem like 20. All easily fixable. routledge.com/Well-Spoken-Te… I'll buy it back from you if you don't like it.
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Better podcasts guaranteed!! pvlegs.blog/2024/09/19/bette…

Better podcasts guaranteed! (reprinted from https://www.hmhco.com/blog/how-to-start-a-student-pod...

Should you have students make podcasts? It’s a great idea for students in second grade (yes, second grade!) through twelfth grade for several reasons: Making a podcast provides a break from traditi…

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PVLEGS--Giving all students voice@PVLEGS
4 Sep 2024
Early elementary students can have a effective voice with these simple lessons: pvlegs.blog/2024/08/09/givin…

Giving Little Kids Voice

Speaking Activities for Early Elementary School Students In a previous post, we looked at speaking activities for middle and high school students ( I noted that there are many speaking activity sug…

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If your school or district uses PVLEGS, ask me for a free copy of the second edition of the book that introduced it.
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The second edition will be out soon. I have some first editions to give away. Interested?
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Your new year will be better with this quick read: ascd.org/blogs/communication… #principal
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