In this episode:
Listen in as we talk about how to bridge the gap between rote learning and meaningful learning in your upper elementary literacy classroom.
We talk about:
The what, the why and the how of teaching students so that they apply what you’ve taught them. Learn what the research says the goal of learning is. Walk away with tangible steps for making this happen in your classroom.
Quotables: 
- Teaching for transfer matters in our literacy classrooms. It is the entire point of teaching. It’s what helps our students grow as readers, thinkers and learners. 
- Transfer is what we think of when we teach a student how to divide words into syllables during our word study time and then the same student is able to use this knowledge to decode multisyllabic words during their independent reading time.  
-As educators we need to ensure that students understand that what they are about to learn matters and why. Making sure that students know why they are learning something is one way to attain student attention. 
Links to resources mentioned in the podcast:
Rote Vs. Meaningful Learning Richard Mayer (2002)
Launching Independent Reading Workshop
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