Mrs. Why: Recent Episodes

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Hello, I'm Mrs. Beth Yando. Some students call me Mrs. Y for short.
Come with me to explore the Big Questions related to teaching and Learning.

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Why do we Tell Stories? What stories are you telling?

The Voices of Those with Mental Health for ages 8-13
-“The Goldfish Boy” by Lisa Thompson (the experience of OCD)
-“All The Greyson Greene Street” by Laura Trucker (a girl coping with her mom’s depression)
-“The Madman of Piney Woods” by Christopher Paul Curtis (1901 adventure about race, class and mental illness)
-“The Nest” by Kenneth Oppel (experiencing OCD)
-“Forget Me Not” by Ellie Terry (living with Tourette syndrome)
-“Calvin” by Martine Leavitt (teen with schizophrenia)
-“Without Tess” by Marcella Pixley (dealing with grief and loss
-“What I Lost” by Alexandra Ballard (healing from anorexia)
-“The Memory of Light” by Francisco X. Stork (realistic look at teen suicide and mental illness)
-MANY MORE!!

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Why use Podcasts? Using Podcasts for learning in the classroom!

Best Teacher Podcasts
- Truth for Teachers https://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/truth-for-teachers-podcast/
- The Cult of Pedagogy https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/pod/
- Talks with Teachers https://talkswithteachers.com/podcasts/
- Moving at the Speed of creativity https://www.speedofcreativity.org/resources/socpodcast/
- TEDTalks Education https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/tedtalks-education/id470623037?mt=2
- The Teachers’ Lounge https://www.npr.org/podcasts/741951884/teachers-lounge
- Teaching Matters https://www.npr.org/podcasts/514312608/teaching-matters
- School Psyched! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/school-psyched/id1090744241?mt=2
- Stuff You Should Know https://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/