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Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.89,0:00:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,15 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.56,0:00:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a teaching artist \Nin the New York City public schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.67,0:00:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of my projects \Nwas adapting and directing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.28,0:00:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a production of "Charlotte's Web"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.08,0:00:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a group of third graders at PS 220,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.22,0:00:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Mott Haven Village School\Nin the South Bronx.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.36,0:00:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a way to begin our work together,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.76,0:00:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read aloud the first chapter from \NE. B. White's famous and beautiful book.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.06,0:00:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As some of us may recall,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.97,0:00:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the story begins with Fern\Nlearning that her father, Mr. Arable,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.77,0:00:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is off to the hoghouse to kill the runt \Nof the litter with his axe.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.86,0:00:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Reading) "Please don't kill it,"\Nshe sobbed, "It's unfair."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.26,0:00:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Arable stopped walking.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.21,0:00:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Fern," he said gently,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.99,0:01:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you will have to learn\Nto control yourself."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.16,0:01:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Control myself?" yelled Fern;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.13,0:01:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is a matter of life and death,\Nand you talk about controlling myself?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.33,0:01:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tears ran down her cheeks,\Nand she took hold of the axe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.51,0:01:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tried to pull it \Nout of her father's hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.36,0:01:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Reading ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.65,0:01:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the pig is saved,\Nand later that morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.27,0:01:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fern discovers a carton\Non her chair at breakfast.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.09,0:01:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Reading) As she approached her chair,\Nthe carton wobbled,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.26,0:01:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was a scratching noise.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.58,0:01:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fern looked at her father,\Nthen she lifted the lid of the carton.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.69,0:01:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, inside, looking up at her\Nwas the newborn pig.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.84,0:01:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a white one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.38,0:01:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The morning light shone \Nthrough its ears, turning them pink.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.11,0:01:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He is yours," said Mr. Arable,\N"Saved from an untimely death.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.40,0:01:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And may the good Lord \Nforgive me for this foolishness."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.48,0:01:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fern couldn't take her eyes\Noff the tiny pig.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.75,0:01:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh!" she whispered, "Oh! Look at him!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.01,0:01:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is absolutely perfect."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.33,0:01:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She closed the carton carefully,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.25,0:02:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for she kissed her father,\Nthen she kissed her mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.95,0:02:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then she opened the lid again,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.62,0:02:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lifted the pig out\Nand held it against her cheek.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.86,0:02:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Reading ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.28,0:02:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, when I finished reading the chapter,\Nthe kids lined up for lunch,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.76,0:02:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a little boy named Joey\Ntugged at my sleeve and he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.90,0:02:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Miss B., I felt like I was right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.69,0:02:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, I could really see that little pig.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.37,0:02:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never got inside a book \Nbefore like that."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.99,0:02:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I was thrilled\Nthat Joey was enjoying the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.99,0:02:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, to be perfectly honest, at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.27,0:02:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was much more concerned\Nwith how in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.54,0:02:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were going to make \Nall those farm animal costumes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.10,0:02:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just using pillow cases,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.40,0:02:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whether the kids \Nwould memorize all their lines or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.29,0:02:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did. And we did.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.49,0:02:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everytime I visited that classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.97,0:02:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kids couldn't wait \Nfor me to read aloud to them again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.79,0:02:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For all the kids in the audience:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.98,0:02:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would you raise your hand \Nif you really like it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.91,0:02:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when teachers read aloud to you\Nor parents read aloud to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.14,0:03:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or adults? Do you remember \Nbeing read to? And loving it?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.20,0:03:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I've been an educator \Nfor almost 20 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.39,0:03:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've read thousands \Nand thousands of pages aloud.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.08,0:03:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've never met a group of kids\Nwho didn't love it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.49,0:03:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were immune to the spell\Nof a great book being read aloud.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.27,0:03:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a teacher and a mom,\NI can't think of many things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.04,0:03:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that matter as much\Nas reading aloud to our kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.96,0:03:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At all ages. At school and at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.78,0:03:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because reading aloud gives kids \Na special kind of access
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.92,0:03:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the transformative power of story,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.01,0:03:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the experience \Nof what real reading is all about,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.21,0:03:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is to deeply understand,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.39,0:03:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think, to learn and discuss \Nbig ideas about the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.22,0:03:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the lives of others\Nand about ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.100,0:03:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when I think back to what Joey said\Nto me all those years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.22,0:03:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Miss B., I felt like I was right there.\NLike, I could really see that little pig.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.19,0:03:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never got inside a book\Nbefore like that."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.97,0:03:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm struck by this idea
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.85,0:03:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that reading aloud for Joey
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.71,0:04:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made it possible for him\Nto get inside a book;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.74,0:04:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though before that experience\Nhe was outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.98,0:04:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Joey is not alone \Nin feeling that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.93,0:04:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reading for a lot of kids\Ncan feel like a locked building.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.99,0:04:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without the right key or the right code,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.30,0:04:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the right experiences,\Nthey can't get in.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.65,0:04:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They feel like they're outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.53,0:04:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because for some kids, \Ndealing with the code,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.69,0:04:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the tangle of letters and sounds,\Ntricky words and vocabulary,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.77,0:04:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a more difficult process\Nfor any number of reasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.36,0:04:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The decoding of words\Ntakes up so much brain energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.50,0:04:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't have \Na lot of brain space left over
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.94,0:04:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually take in the story \Nor the meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.82,0:04:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For other kids,\Nthe decoding isn't so difficult,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.67,0:04:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it can sometimes feel like they're \Njust translating words across a page,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.79,0:04:47.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like how I might do with a medical \Ntextbook or a medical journal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.100,0:04:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could translate or decode the words,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.19,0:04:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I wouldn't be able to understand them,\Nor think, or talk about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.19,0:04:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of us here have found ourselves\Nhalfway down a page only to realize,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.19,0:05:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I have no idea what I just read."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.34,0:05:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.94,0:05:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When teachers and parents read aloud,\Nwe do the decoding work.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.67,0:05:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We deal with the print \Nand the tricky vocabulary and words,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.80,0:05:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we free kids to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.87,0:05:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they can use all their brain energy
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.93,0:05:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to imagine the story\Nand learn new information.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.11,0:05:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all children listening have access
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.47,0:05:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the amazing reading party\Nhappening inside the building.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.61,0:05:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we want kids to get in the building\Nand get to the party and stay there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.08,0:05:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even while they're still strengthening\Ntheir decoding or comprehension
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.96,0:05:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or vocabulary muscles\Nin books they can read on their own.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.12,0:05:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because even when kids\Nare reading on their own,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.90,0:05:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reading aloud to them \Nhas a tremendous impact
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.08,0:05:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on their independent reading lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.34,0:05:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when kids go back\Nto their own books,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.98,0:05:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they know that world should come alive\Nin their brains as they read.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.63,0:06:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know that real readers pause\Nto wonder, think, ask questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.27,0:06:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know that real readers\Nlet the stories affect them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.49,0:06:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe even change them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.96,0:06:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the way that we stop and react\Nat something that we read aloud
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.64,0:06:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives us an opportunity \Nto model compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.18,0:06:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to wonder aloud in a genuine way
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.28,0:06:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a choice \Na character or a community made.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.20,0:06:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we read aloud, we can help kids\Nwalk in the shoes of people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.13,0:06:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who might be \Nradically different from themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.22,0:06:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or see reflections of themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.12,0:06:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which might make them feel less alone
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.34,0:06:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or more hopefull.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.33,0:06:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens \Nwhen we walk in the shoes of Kek,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.44,0:06:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a young refugee from Sudan\Nwho comes to Minessota
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.00,0:06:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after seeing his brother \Nand father killed in a war?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.73,0:06:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can we learn from Auggie,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.56,0:06:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was born with a rare facial anomaly?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.62,0:06:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or Delphine,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.56,0:06:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is eleven years old \Nand goes to Oakland, California in 1968
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.90,0:07:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meet her mom for the first time,\Nwho is active in the Black Panther Party?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.94,0:07:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or Annemarie,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.68,0:07:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who helps her best friend\Nescape to Denmark
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.18,0:07:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during The Holocaust?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.18,0:07:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can give kids access
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.36,0:07:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stories, and books,\Nand ideas, and information
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.24,0:07:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they otherwise\Nmight not get a chance to explore,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.42,0:07:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or explore as deeply.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.71,0:07:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.41,0:07:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reading aloud \Ngives us a chance to look up
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.67,0:07:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from our screens,\Nour phones, our computers;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.45,0:07:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to connect with each other
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.80,0:07:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the simple act of reading\Nand talking together.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.42,0:07:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we read aloud at school\Nwe're often gathered together in one place
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.89,0:07:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're teaching kids\Nhow to talk together,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.69,0:07:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to listen,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.04,0:07:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to look each other in the eye and say:\N"What do you think?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.36,0:07:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To say, "I think differently\Nand here is why."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.94,0:07:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're also creating moments\Nof connectedness and joy
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.02,0:07:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our classrooms, on a daily basis.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.97,0:07:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.32,0:07:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a chance to carve out a time\Nwhen we're not on our phones,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.67,0:08:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're entirely focused on our kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.50,0:08:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or we pull up alongside them\Nand read and talk together.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.44,0:08:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when they can't sit\Nin our laps anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.31,0:08:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even and perhaps especially \Nwhen they rather be on their phones.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.68,0:08:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when they're not three or four,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.73,0:08:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're eight, ten, twelve, a teenager
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.33,0:08:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they might not be as inclined\Nto share so much with us anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.92,0:08:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having a book to lean on\Ncan help us get inside them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.81,0:08:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her new book, Reclaiming Conversation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.58,0:08:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sherry Turkle reminds us\Nhow esential face to face conversation is.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.16,0:08:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says, "We're tempted to think\Nthat our little sips of online connection
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.79,0:08:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,add up to a big gulp of real conversation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.68,0:08:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they don't."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.46,0:08:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that reading aloud together
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.06,0:08:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,provides an opportunity for a big gulp.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.06,0:09:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a chance to connect and talk together,\Nin consistent meaningful ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.64,0:09:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the kids not only fall in love\Nwith books and reading,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.96,0:09:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get better at it,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.30,0:09:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they also learn to think deeply,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.21,0:09:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to consider other points of view.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.85,0:09:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They learn to listen\Nand they learn to look up.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.74,0:09:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.03,0:09:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)