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• Blog: Read Write Reflect

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Audience Matters - Katherine Sokolowski

#ReadingSummit

My favorite session ever…

Plan for today…

How I got here

Defining audience

Tools I use

Finding Our Voices

How I got here

What does an authentic audience for writing mean?

What does an authentic audience for reading mean?

Audience adds value.- Katie Muhtaris and Kristin Ziemke

A note on digital citizenship,

or really, just citizenship.

Otherwise known as what to do when they

tweet the poop emoji…

What Makes an Audience?

Conferences

Book Talks

Studies confirm that

more access to

books and reading

material in general

results in more

independent self-

selected reading.

More independent

self-selected reading

results in more

literacy

development.

Krashen, S., Lee, SY, and McQuillan, J. 2010

School & Classroom Libraries

Kidblogwww.kidblog.org

$36 per teacher, per year

Audience (reading & writing) - World

Teaching the Art of Blogging

https://twowritingteachers.org

#sol17

Josh

Raegan

Max

Nerdy Book Clubhttps://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com

Free

Audience (reading & writing) - World

Nerdy Book Club -

Inspired by Kate Messner

Audience leads

to empowerment

Skypehttp://skype.com

Free

Audience (reading & writing) - World

Skype ~ Possible Uses:

• Mystery Skype

• World Read Aloud Day

• Global Read Aloud

• March Book Madness

• Mock Caldecott

• Connect with an author

http://www.katemessner.com/authors

-who-skype-with-classes-book-clubs-

for-free/

Padlethttps://padlet.com

Free or $5 per teacher, per month.

Audience (reading & writing) - World

Padlet ~ Possible Uses:

• Book Log

• Research Curation

• Exit Slips

• Comprehension Checks

• Backchannel

***************

• Connecting Classrooms

• It’s Monday!

• Connecting outside of school

Padlet - Sister Classroom

Padlet - Reading Recommendations

Padlet – Classroom Community

Twitterhttps://twitter.com

Free

My class account: @SagesHoots

Audience (reading & writing) - World

Twitter ~ Possible Uses:

• Tweet authors

• Share blogs

• Use hashtags -

• It’s Monday - #IMWAYR

• #readergrams

• #writergrams

• #gra17

• #sol17

• #2017MBM

• Connecting Classrooms

• Find experts

Kurt Stroh - @strohreads

Classroom Book a Day -#classroombookaday

Jillian Heise - @heisereads

March

Book

Madness

#2017MBM

Tony Keefer

@tonykeefer

Scott Jones

@escott818

http://marchbookmadness.weebly.com

Global Read Aloud #gra17

https://theglobalreadaloud.com

Pernille Ripp @pernilleripp

InstagramClass account: SagesHoots

Free

Audience (reading & writing) - World

Using stories or the

regular feed,

share book talks

with the world.

#15secbooktalks

- Colby Sharp

@colbysharp

Flipgridhttps://info.flipgrid.com

Free (the version I use)

Audience (reading & writing) - World

Finding Our Voices

What is an audience?

World

City/ Town

School Community

Classroom Community

Conference

Self

Community Reads

The ultimate goal in this work in

creating audiences…

…is that by giving them an

audience…

…they gain confidence in

themselves…

…and begin to self identify as

readers and writers.

That our classroom is the safe

space…

…that allows them to figure out…

…how to navigate this world.

They just need to find their

voice.

Lost Forever

By: Joey

Today I lost a friend.

He was a hero,

a heart warming,

a goat.

Some people say

animals don’t have

a soul,

but I know they do.

His soul is flying,

flying in the sky,

free running around.

I hope God

takes care of him.

I lost a friend,

that left.

I yelled at him,

to come back.

He didn’t come.

The thing I have

in memory,

is fur.

A friend,

is a friend.

A human and a goat,

made no difference.

Beautiful possibilities…

Alison’s poem… He/Him

He/Him

Is what he wants to be.

He/Him is hard to be.

When there are people who don’t see.

It’s who he needs to be.

He tries to explain, but all he gets,

Are the echoing screams of disgust.

When we go to his house,

She/her is what we are forced to say.

I see the look in his dismal green eyes,

He is in pain.

He has such a kind heart,

A smart, sharp mind.

A smile that stretches longer than a mile.

I love him so much,

And he deserves all the love in the world.

It’s hard for him to keep that beautiful smile,

When all he wants in this entire world,

Is to be,

He/Him.

Our ultimate goal should be to create

independent readers, writers, and thinkers who

pick the level of audience needed when they

need it. To create students who know how to

navigate in this public space in the world and

feel confident enough to do so.

Info you might need…

• Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/katsok

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• Blog: Read Write Reflect

http://readwriteandreflect.blogspot.com