Explore every episode of the podcast FUEL Up! | A K-5 Literacy Podcast
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| Fueling Up Around a Few of Our Favorite Things | 27 Apr 2026 | 00:31:57 | |
Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction EL Education Curriculum (K–5): EL Education — K–5 Literacy Resources | |||
| Fueling Up Around High-Quality Work in Action | 13 Apr 2026 | 00:31:28 | |
Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction EL Education Curriculum (K–5): EL Education — K–5 Literacy Resources
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| Fueling Up Around Coaching Partnerships | 17 Nov 2025 | 00:33:09 | |
Resource & Links: EL Education: Learn more about the K-5 Literacy Curriculum that forms the foundation of our conversations. Link to EL Education Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction Joyce & Showers (2002) – Research on Coaching & Transfer of Learning | |||
| Fueling Up Around Test Driving Assessments | 03 Nov 2025 | 00:29:31 | |
Resource & Links: EL Education: Learn more about the K-5 Literacy Curriculum that forms the foundation of our conversations. Link to EL Education Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction Why Is It Important to Test Drive the Assessments in the Curriculum? | |||
| Fueling Up Around Background Knowledge | 20 Oct 2025 | 00:27:17 | |
Resources & Links: EL Education: Learn more about the K-5 Literacy Curriculum that forms the foundation of our conversations. Link to EL Education Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction EL Education Your Curriculum Companion (Purple Book, p. 21) Natalie Wexler – The Knowledge Gap Article Tanya Wright – A Teacher's Guide to Vocabulary Development Across the Day Knowledge Matters Campaign – Definition of Knowledge-Building Curriculum
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| Fueling Up Around Interactive Word Walls | 06 Oct 2025 | 00:34:22 | |
EL Education: Learn more about the K-5 Literacy Curriculum that forms the foundation of our conversations. Link to EL Education Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction Beck, McKeown, & Kucan Research: Active engagement with words enhances retention.
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| Fueling Up Around Student Talk Protocols | 22 Sep 2025 | 00:30:10 | |
EL Education: Learn more about the K-5 Literacy Curriculum that forms the foundation of our conversations. Link to EL Education Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction EL Education Protocols Overview: What are protocols? (EL Education) EL Education: Classroom Protocols Research on Student Talk: Accountable Talk®: Classroom Conversation that Works (Institute for Learning, University of Pittsburgh) The Role of Classroom Talk in Literacy Learning (Harvard Graduate School of Education) Fuel Up! Playlist Idea: 🎵 It’s a Beautiful Day by U2 — Jamie’s go-to song for fueling up. | |||
| Fueling Up Around Classroom Environment | 08 Sep 2025 | 00:38:53 | |
EL Education: Learn more about the K-5 Literacy Curriculum that forms the foundation of our conversations. Link to EL Education Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction Management in the Active Classroom (Yale Education Press) – Classroom management strategies | |||
| Welcome to FUEL Up! | 26 Aug 2025 | 00:24:06 | |
Welcome to the very first episode of Fuel Up! We're so excited to have you at the table with us. In this episode, we introduce ourselves and share the "why" behind this podcast. EL Education: Learn more about the K-5 Literacy Curriculum that forms the foundation of our conversations. Link to EL Education Kevin's Go-To Snack: The "Perfect Bar" that Kevin is addicted to. Link to Perfect Bar Katie's Go-To Song: Get fueled up with Katie's pick, "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" by Shania Twain. Link to the song on YouTube Our Home Base: Learn more about the work we do as literacy coaches at the Muskegon Area ISD. Link to Muskegon Area ISD | |||
| Fueling Up Around Language Dives | 29 Mar 2026 | 00:31:21 | |
Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction EL Education Curriculum (K–5): EL Education — K–5 Literacy Resources Overview - Language Dives in the K-8 Language Arts Curriculum
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| Fueling Up Around Models of Excellence | 16 Mar 2026 | 00:31:33 | |
Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction EL Education Curriculum (K–5): EL Education — K–5 Literacy Resources | |||
| Fueling Up Around High-Quality Work | 02 Mar 2026 | 00:31:42 | |
Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction EL Education Curriculum (K–5): EL Education — K–5 Literacy Resources | |||
| Fueling Up Around Complex Texts | 16 Feb 2026 | 00:38:24 | |
Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction EL Education Curriculum (K–5): EL Education — K–5 Literacy Resources Close Reading in EL Education | |||
| Fueling Up Around the Read, Think, Talk, Write Framework | 02 Feb 2026 | 00:42:42 | |
Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction EL Education Curriculum (K–5): EL Education — K–5 Literacy Resources Overview: Read-Think-Talk-Write Cycle Read-Think-Talk-Write: Integrating Literacy with Worthy Texts | |||
| Fueling Up Around Multilingual Learners | 19 Jan 2026 | 00:39:40 | |
Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction EL Education Curriculum (K–5): EL Education — K–5 Literacy Resources EL Education & MLL Supports Structured Academic Talk Michigan Department of Education – EL Services | |||
| Fueling Up Around Routines and Structures | 05 Jan 2026 | 00:41:10 | |
Resource & Links: Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction EL Education Curriculum (K–5): EL "Big Purple Book" – Your Curriculum Companion: Student Talk Protocols EL Education: Management in the Active Classroom (Book) Research on Classroom Routines & SEL Universal Design for Learning Guidelines | |||
| Fueling Up Around Text Sets | 01 Dec 2025 | 00:35:07 | |
Resource & Links: Literacy Essentials – Best practices in literacy instruction A Teacher's Guide to Vocabulary Development Across the Day/Tanya S. Wright EL Education Required and Recommended Texts EL Education Curriculum (K–5): EL "Big Purple Book" – Your Curriculum Companion:
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