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Environmental Superheroes of the ELA Classroom

The California Environmental Literacy Initiative (CAELI)

Teaching English-Language Arts through the lens of environmental literacy and justice provides an important opportunity for all students to gain access to environmental learning. As the state of California deepens efforts to include environmental literacy in all content areas, the California Environmental Literacy Initiative"s English-Language Arts Working Group interviewed passionate language arts teachers . We collected stories of California TK-12 educators who teach reading, writing, listening,

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57:52

Building Environmental Literacy through Inquiry,...

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2025/07/24

This podcast episode explores how middle school teachers at Nesbit School integrate environmental literacy and solutionary teaching across disciplines. Sixth-grade ELA teachers Tim and Kyle, along with science teacher Cass, guide students in researching climate change, extreme weather, and other environmental challenges while developing practical solutions such as disaster preparedness kits and innovative technologies.“We're not introducing them to something to be afraid of. We are demystifying and

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35:06

A Principal’s Vision for Environmental Literacy:...

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2025/07/24

The podcast features Ryan Hansen, principal of Nesbitt School, discussing how her K–8 school integrated environmental literacy and solutionary teaching across grade levels to increase student engagement and academic rigor. By providing teachers with resources, professional development, and funding, Nesbitt transformed its curriculum, enabling students to tackle real-world environmental challenges and develop critical problem-solving skills. "When we moved to the solutionary approach, it was really

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27:25

Local Labor History and Community Agency in the Midst...

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2025/06/04

In this podcast, Quinn Cataldi talks about his cannery unit in which his multilingual students learn about the intersections of the Chicano labor movement and social and environmental justice, specifically the ways in which the exploitation of the land and people are intertwined with legacies of colonialism. Students are then empowered to identify and write about equitable solutions that address systemic issues such as the climate crisis."We are trying to reenvision environmentalism as something in

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25:39

Undamming the Klamath: An Expository Reading and...

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2025/05/20

Gurbir Kahlon engages her high school multilingual learners in Torrance, California, with important literacy skills through the lens of environmental literacy. She has taught units in her ELD classroom on biomimicry, plastic pollution, and climate change. In this podcast, Gurbir discusses her most recent expository reading and writing unit on the powerful story of the resilient tribal communities in Northern California and their successful efforts to remove dams on the Klamath River in order to

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35:21

Falling in Love with Nature and Fighting for It:...

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2025/04/25

Jodi teaches sixth-grade English at Yorba Linda Middle School. As part of the California Writing Project Environmental Literacy and Justice Initiative, Jodi created and taught a unit that pairs wonder and nature writing with formulating opinions and argument writing. Her students first connect with nature through a variety of nature writing opportunities, then students use that connection to inspire both argument writing and artistic expression."When you’re talking about environmental justice, kids

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34:56

Conversations About Food Waste: Meaningful...

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2025/03/31

Lorena Sanchez is a teacher-librarian serving multilingual learners in grades TK-8 in Tracy Unified School District. Her deep STEM background and participation in the California Writing Project Environmental Literacy and Justice Collaborative inspired her to teach reading, writing, listening, and speaking through the lens of environmental literacy. This podcast features a lesson about a rotting pumpkin that leads students into rich ELA learning opportunities around plant life cycles, composting, and

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14:45

Empowering Student Action with Speculative...

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2024/05/14

This place-based, interdisciplinary high school climate justice speculative fiction writing unit asks students to bring in an imaginative lens to address environmental racism and the climate crisis. For this unit, August collaborates with a World History teacher to integrate various writing genres to help students civically and creatively engage with climate solutions.“How can I contribute to an overall environmentally just world?” – August FreasFeatured ELA Superheroes:August Freas

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17:51

Building Effective Expression Skills Through Middle...

Environmental Superheroes of the ELA Classroom ·

2024/05/14

This podcast showcases an interdisciplinary argumentative reading, writing, listening, and speaking unit that asks students to grapple with who should take responsibility for corporate environmental degradation, specifically in the “fast fashion” shoes and jeans industries. Students engage with various texts and use those texts to formulate verbal and written arguments about a high-interest topic. At the end of the unit, students create a social media reel ecological call-to-action using

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15:22

Place-Based Research, Grant-Writing, and Restoration:...

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2024/05/14

Greg teaches reading, writing, listening, and speaking to his 4th graders atUnion Street Charter School, a public rural elementary school in Humboldt County, California. He simultaneously gets students outside and lets them get their hands dirty. His ongoing local land restoration unit, in partnership with a land trust and a native plant nursery, asks students to research native flora, use database evidence and expert advice to justify and present their choices for the most beneficial and

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36:28

Saving Monarch Butterflies and Building Empathy...

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2024/05/14

Kindergartners fromGolden Charter Academy, a public TK-5 school in Southwest Fresno, California, advocate for and participate in milkweed restoration in critical monarch habitat, thanks to their teachers Taf Wilson and Melanie Smith. In this interview, you will hear Taf and Melanie talk about their monarch butterfly unit and the ways they engage their students with reading, writing, listening, and speaking while saving butterflies in a project that began with a published curriculum unit and is

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