Empower Students Now
By Amanda Werner
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Amanda has been a passionate full time classroom teacher for 16 years. She’s worked in a wide range of educational settings teaching students grades 3rd-8th. Amanda worked for a Title I, charter, magnet, and National Blue Ribbon school and now she homeschools her twice exceptional daughter.No matter what type of school or grade she’s taught, engaging and empowering students has always been at the forefront of her work as an educator and teacher author.Amanda understands that helping students find their voice is core to being an effective teacher and social justice advocate.Even with a teacher willing to listen, there are many barriers that exist and hinder movement towards more equitable schools. Amanda has experienced first hand the many problems that exist in K-12 education. Listening to students is only the first step on a long road ahead. Amanda’s website, courses, lesson resources, and podcast are dedicated to supporting teachers and students in this important work for change.
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An Autistic Teacher Explains the Neurodiversity Movement (And Why It Matters for Your Students)
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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Paradoxical AuDHD: A Poem About Contradictions, Overwhelm, and Self-Understanding
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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Rethinking “Defiance”: When Students Are Drowning, Not Disobeying
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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Why Diagnosis Matters: My ADHD and Autism Journey as a Parent and Teacher
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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What Made Me Suspect I'm Autistic: A Teacher's Adult Diagnosis Story and Classroom Takeaways
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Teaching Emotional Regulation in the Classroom
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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How to Teach Conflict Resolution to Students
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Why I Left Teaching, A Career I Still Love
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Teaching When the News is Breaking Your Heart
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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How to Teach Students Collaborative Problem Solving Skills
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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How to Teach Active Listening: An Essential Skill for the Future
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Navigating an Adult Diagnosis of Autism
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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I'm Autistic. Always Have Been. Always Will Be.
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Teaching Critical Thinking Skills: Key Questions and Strategies
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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Empowering Students with Ethical Reasoning in the Age of AI
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Self-Advocacy for Students and Teachers
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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The Crucial Skill of Self-Knowledge for Future-Ready Students
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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Championing Kids' Dreams: An Education Intervention in the Age of AI
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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The 80/20 Vision: What Education Could Become When AI Handles the Rest
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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When AI Replaces Jobs: Pivoting Towards a Purpose Economy
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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AI Is An Alien Among Us: Not Good or Bad, It's How We Use It That Matters
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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I'm Not Okay with AI Anymore: The Hypervigilant Parent
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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I'm Not Okay with AI Anymore: The Hypervigilant Teacherpreneur
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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I'm Not Okay with AI Anymore: The Hypervigilant Teacher
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Listener Favorite: A New Way to Think About Apathetic, Unmotivated, and Defiant Students
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Key Takeaways from the Mindfulness and Meditation Series for Educators
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Understanding Pain: A Mindfulness Based Perspective
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Teaching and Living from the Heart with the Practice of Loving Kindness (Metta)
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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The Transformative Power of Self-Compassion
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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A New Way to Think About Thinking
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Navigating the Complexities of Our Emotional Lives with Mindfulness & Meditation
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May 25, 2025 |
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How to Bring More Awareness to Your Body (+ Why This is Important!)
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May 10, 2025 |
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The Art of Empowering Students: An Interview with Jen Chieco
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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Finding Calm Amongst the Chaos of Life Using Your Breath
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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A Guided Meditation for Mothers i.e. Those Who Care for Children
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May 12, 2024 |
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82. Navigating Adult ADHD: A Personal and Professional Journey
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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81. The Revealing Reality Struggling Readers Face within the U.S. Education System
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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80. I Found Out I Have ADHD At 40
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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79. Essential Takeaways from Reading Reconsidered by Doug Lemov
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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78. Essential Takeaways from The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop by Felicia Rose Chavez
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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77. Essential Takeaways from Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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76. How to Increase Student Engagement with Equitable Teaching Practices
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May 25, 2023 |
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75. We Need to Stop Shaming Kids (and Ourselves) for Screen Use, Here's Why...
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May 12, 2023 |
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74. A New Way to Think About Apathetic, Unmotivated, and Defiant Students
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May 05, 2023 |
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73. Dropping the Suitcases of Regret and Worry (A Guided Meditation for Teachers)
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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72. Easy To Plan End Of School Year Writing Projects Students Will Love
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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71. 8 Highly Engaging (and Controversial) Argumentative Mentor Texts for Middle and High Schoolers
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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70. Are You Blindly Following Rules?
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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69. The Absolute Best Way To Start An Argumentative Writing Unit
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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8 Outstanding Videos To Spark Discussion About Neurodiversity With Students
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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67. My Identity Crisis Part II (I'm Changing The Name Of This Podcast)
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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66. 11 Ways ChatGPT Can Help You Teach Argumentative Writing
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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65. How To Talk To Students About ChatGPT
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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64. How To Prevent Plagiarism With Chat GPT
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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63. 7 Ways Chat GPT Will Impact Education Positively
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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62. Twenty-Eight Essential Strategies To Support Struggling Writers In The Secondary Classroom
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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61. Rethinking Elementary And Secondary Reading Instruction And Assessment With Equity In Mind
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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60. Rethinking Writing Assessment With Equity In Mind
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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59. Rethinking Unit Design With Equity In Mind
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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58. Rethinking Conferencing With Equity In Mind
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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57. Rethinking Reading Workshop With Equity In Mind
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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56. Rethinking Writing Workshop With Equity In Mind
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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55. The Story of a Teacher Author's Identity Crisis
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Jan 08, 2022 |
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54. Join The English Teacher Summer Reading Series, It's FREE!
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May 23, 2021 |
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53. Encyclopedia Memoirs! The Best Way to End a School Year!
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Apr 17, 2021 |
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52. An Overview and Review of 7 Myths About Education
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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51. When You Find Out You've Been Teaching Wrong
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Mar 06, 2021 |
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50. Ten Ways To Bring Mindfulness Into Your Digital Classroom
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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49. 5 Mini Lessons To Teach Writing Explicitly And Support Struggling Writers
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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48. 15 Ways To Engage Students In Meaningful Discussions In Person Or Online
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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47. How To Actually Accomplish Your Goals
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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46. How To Approach Issues of Race with Mentor Texts
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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45. How To Quit Grading So Much And Make It More Meaningful
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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44. 15 Community Building Distance Learning Activities Middle Schoolers Will LOVE!
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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43. How To Teach Reading And Writing Workshop From A Distance
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Aug 02, 2020 |
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42. I'm Back! Life Update
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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41. My Best Tips for Managing a Book Club Unit
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Feb 02, 2020 |
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40. Want to Get Started With Workshop This Year? Do This One Simple Yet Powerful Thing!
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Jan 19, 2020 |
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39. How I Cut My Grading Time Down By 10 Hours
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Jan 05, 2020 |
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38. ONE Crucial Thing You Might Not Be Doing When Planning Writing Units and How To Start Doing It!
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Dec 22, 2019 |
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37. 13 Ways to Motivate Writers
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Dec 08, 2019 |
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36. The Truth About Programs: 4 Programs That Changed Me But That I Eventually Quit
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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35. What does workshop in a secondary classroom actually look like?
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Aug 18, 2019 |
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34. What I'm Doing the First Day of School Might Surprise You...
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Aug 04, 2019 |
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33. 10 Best YouTube Channels for Writing Teachers
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Jul 21, 2019 |
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32. Your First Mini Lesson of the School Year
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Jul 14, 2019 |
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31. 5 Simple Ways to Differentiate Writing Instruction
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Jul 07, 2019 |
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30. Teach Students HOW to Use Mentor Texts
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Jun 30, 2019 |
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29. Middle School Mentor Texts
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Jun 23, 2019 |
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28. 5 Distracting Behaviors During Writing Workshop and What to Do About Them
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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27. Noise Levels in the Workshop Classroom
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Jun 09, 2019 |
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26. 5 Obstacles English Teachers Face and How to Overcome Them
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Jun 02, 2019 |
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25. Summer Self-Care for Teachers: Podcasts and Books That Have Changed My Life
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May 18, 2019 |
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24. How to Teach Argumentative Writing Through Video
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May 05, 2019 |
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23. 5 Worst Research Habits Students Have and How to Fix Them
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Apr 20, 2019 |
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22. Why You're Probably Teaching Information Writing Wrong
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Apr 07, 2019 |
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21. HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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20. 10 Ways to Make Reading and Writing Joyful Before Break
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Mar 24, 2019 |
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19. 5 Ways to Use Google Classroom During Writing Workshop
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Mar 10, 2019 |
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18. Support for Writers at All Levels
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Feb 24, 2019 |
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17. How to Write Your Own Mini Lessons
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Feb 10, 2019 |
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16. 5 Exciting Ways to Introduce a Writing Unit
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Jan 27, 2019 |
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15. Places to Find Mentor Texts
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Jan 12, 2019 |
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14. 5 Fun Activities to do with Your Students the Day After a Long Break
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Dec 26, 2018 |
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13. I'm More than an English Teacher
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Dec 10, 2018 |
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12. We Need to Stop Neglecting Fiction Writing
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Dec 02, 2018 |
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11. The Truth About Writing & Three Mini Lessons to Teach It
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Nov 26, 2018 |
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10. The Beginner's Guide to Writing Workshop
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Nov 18, 2018 |
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9. 8 Ways Teachers Kill a Love of Writing
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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8. Realizations About the Teaching of Writing
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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7. 10 Ways to Make Grading Writing Easier
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Oct 28, 2018 |
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6. Five Must Teach Workshop Routines
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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5. How I Teach Reading and Writing Workshop in 54 Minutes
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Aug 12, 2018 |
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4. Whole Class Novels Reading Workshop Style
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Jul 30, 2018 |
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3. Students Don't Write During Writing
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Jul 26, 2018 |
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2. Launching Reading & Writing Workshop
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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1. Ten Reasons Secondary Teachers Should Try Reading & Writing Workshop
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Jul 22, 2018 |