Teaching Middle School ELA

By Caitlin Mitchell

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Welcome to the Teaching Middle School ELA podcast, where we are dedicated to helping English Language Arts teachers create dynamic and engaging lessons for their students, while also managing the day-to-day responsibilities that come with being a Middle School ELA teacher.

As educators ourselves, we understand the challenges of finding a work-life balance that allows us to pursue our passion for teaching while also enjoying our personal lives. That's why each Tuesday, hosts Caitlin Mitchell and Jessica Cannata share practical and innovative solutions for managing your workload and staying inspired in your teaching practice.

Whether you are looking for fresh ideas to inspire your students, strategies for improving your writing instruction, or tips for managing your time more effectively, this podcast is designed to provide you with the tools you need to thrive as a Middle School ELA teacher.

Join us each week for curriculum and lesson ideas, classroom stories, and interviews with fellow educators who are experts in the field. We believe that with the right support and resources, you can create a classroom environment that encourages students to become strong and passionate learners.

If you teach reading and writing to middle schoolers and want to stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in ELA education, then this is the podcast for you! Tune in every week and let us help you make a difference in the lives of your students and in your own teaching career.


Episode Date
Monday Mindset: You Don't Have to Be Happy All the Time
May 06, 2024
Episode 282: Early Finishers? Use this Game Changing Chat GPT Command
Apr 30, 2024
Monday Mindset: Permission to Want More
Apr 29, 2024
Episode 281: What You Need to Know About Effective Adaptations for ELLs and Students in Special Education
Apr 23, 2024
Monday Mindset: Everything is Figureoutable
Apr 22, 2024
Episode 280: Episode 280: What These Five Countries Are Doing to Support Their Teachers (Share This with Your Principal!)
Apr 16, 2024
Monday Mindset: Open the Doors
Apr 15, 2024
Episode 279: A Research Unit Your Students Will Actually Enjoy
Apr 09, 2024
Monday Mindset: Celebrate Today
Apr 08, 2024
Episode 278: A Simple Hack for Helping Students Find the Main Idea in Informational Text
Apr 02, 2024
Monday Mindset: The Real Luxuries in Life
Apr 01, 2024
Episode 277: Intentionally Bringing Joy Into Our Classrooms with Dr. Deonna Smith
Mar 26, 2024
Monday Mindset: You Didn't Miss Your Boat
Mar 25, 2024
Episode 276: A Simple Hack to Differentiate Your Lessons
Mar 19, 2024
Monday Mindset: Pay Attention
Mar 18, 2024
Episode 275: Teaching Beyond Tests A New Approach
Mar 12, 2024
Monday Mindset: A New Way of Overcoming Obstacles
Mar 11, 2024
Episode 274: How to Differentiate With Whole Group Instruction
Mar 05, 2024
Monday Mindset: Stop the Judgement
Mar 04, 2024
Episode 273: Research Behind Great Teachers
Feb 27, 2024
Monday Mindset: Live Abundantly
Feb 26, 2024
Episode 272: Learning to Admire Annoying Behaviors
Feb 20, 2024
Monday Mindset: Prove Yourself Wrong
Feb 19, 2024
Episode 271: "Funds of Feeling" - A Feeling-Based Approach to Literature with Stanford's Sarah Levine and Chris Mah
Feb 13, 2024
Monday Mindset: Bending Time
Feb 12, 2024
Episode 270: Science of Reading - Building Reading Comprehension at the Middle School Level
Feb 06, 2024
Monday Mindset: Create Newness
Feb 05, 2024
Episode 269: Easy to Implement Activities to Improve Vocabulary and Comprehension (Takeaways from The Ron Clark Academy)
Jan 30, 2024
Monday Mindset: How Much Better Can It Actually Get?
Jan 29, 2024
Episode 268: The Science of Reading in Your Classroom
Jan 23, 2024
Monday Mindset: Judgement Will Kill Your Bravery
Jan 22, 2024
Episode 267: Prepare for the Unexpected (when students are absent)
Jan 16, 2024
Monday Mindset: Joyful Anticipation
Jan 15, 2024
Episode 266: Interview with Grace Stevens on Setting Healthy Boundaries
Jan 09, 2024
Monday Mindset: Positive Self-Talk
Jan 08, 2024
Episode 265: Use Your Prep Period for Grading (Not Planning)
Jan 02, 2024
Monday Mindset: Be Curious About Your Greatness
Jan 01, 2024
Best of: Move Past Overwhelm and Start Batch Lesson Planning TODAY
Dec 26, 2023
Monday Mindset: Be About It
Dec 25, 2023
Best of: Transform Your Planning Process and Take Back Your Time: 2 Simple Steps to Start Batch Planning Today
Dec 19, 2023
Monday Mindset: Decision Making
Dec 18, 2023
Best of: Publishing Parties: A Critical Part of Your Writing Unit (That is Often Overlooked)
Dec 12, 2023
Monday Mindset: Read More
Dec 11, 2023
Best of: Engaging Activities to Add to Short Story Units
Dec 05, 2023
Monday Mindset: Compassionate Emptiness
Dec 04, 2023
Best of: Anticipation Stations: Your New Go-To Pre-Reading Activity
Nov 28, 2023
Monday Mindset: Radical Generosity
Nov 27, 2023
Best of: Set Yourself Up for Success During the Holiday Season
Nov 21, 2023
Monday Mindset: Discipline
Nov 20, 2023
Episode 254: Teach Student-Friendly Short Stories with this Simple Hack
Nov 14, 2023
Monday Mindset: Quiet Quitting
Nov 13, 2023
Episode 253: Master the Tricky Standard of Analyzing Conflicting Information with this Lesson
Nov 07, 2023
Monday Mindset: A+ player
Nov 06, 2023
Episode 252: Cut Back on Grading While Leaving Meaningful Feedback with Dr. Harper
Oct 31, 2023
Monday Mindset: Be the Reason
Oct 30, 2023
Episode 251: Tap Into Students' Halloween Energy with this Haunted Forest Escape Room
Oct 24, 2023
Monday Mindset: Change Your Perspective
Oct 23, 2023
Episode 250: The Fabulous Edgar Allan Poe Two Truths and a Lie Game
Oct 17, 2023
Monday Mindset: Get an Accountability Partner
Oct 16, 2023
Episode 249: Finally! A Way for Middle Schoolers to Write Effective Summaries
Oct 10, 2023
Monday Mindset: Let's Romanticize the Mundane Things in Our Lives
Oct 09, 2023
Episode 248: Stop Writing Sample Essays with Your Students; Do THIS Instead
Oct 03, 2023
Monday Mindset: Rest is Not a Reward
Oct 02, 2023
Episode 247: Your Burning ELA Questions Answered
Sep 26, 2023
Monday Mindset: Seasons
Sep 25, 2023
Episode 246: Get Your Students to Rock their Text-Dependent Paragraphs with this Strategy
Sep 19, 2023
Monday Mindset: You're Not Good at Everything
Sep 18, 2023
Episode 245: The Argument for Using Graphic Novels in the Classroom
Sep 12, 2023
Monday Mindset: Stop Hitting the Snooze Button
Sep 11, 2023
Episode 244: A No-Prep Grammar Activity Your Students Will Love
Sep 05, 2023
Monday Mindset: You'll regret what you didn't do
Sep 04, 2023
Episode 243: Interview with Frederick Buskey of the Assistant Principal Podcast
Aug 29, 2023
Monday Mindset: Let Go of Expectations
Aug 28, 2023
Episode 242: A Must Try Classroom Management Hack (So Your Students Can Actually Handle Group Work)
Aug 22, 2023
Monday Mindset: The Good Stuff
Aug 21, 2023
Episode 241: This Will Be Your New Favorite Back to School Activity
Aug 15, 2023
Monday Mindset: Change Starts from Within
Aug 14, 2023
Episode 240: Breakthroughs in Grammar Instruction: The 3 Must-Have Elements (Part 2)
Aug 08, 2023
Monday Mindset: You Are Valuable
Aug 07, 2023
Episode 239: Breakthroughs in Grammar Instruction: The 3 Must-Have Elements (Part 1)
Aug 01, 2023
Monday Mindset: It's All About Your Mood
Jul 31, 2023
The Best of Writing Episodes: Are You Making This Mistake with Your Student Writing Samples?
Jul 27, 2023
Episode 238: Increase Students Writing Scores in 30 Minutes or Less
Jul 25, 2023
Monday Mindset: Go to a Dark Room
Jul 24, 2023
The Best of Writing Episodes: It's Time to Drop the RACE Strategy.
Jul 20, 2023
Episode 237: Get Your Students Actually Enjoying Writing with this FUN Activity
Jul 18, 2023
Monday Mindset: Forget What You Think You Need
Jul 17, 2023
Episode 236: Get the Best Writing Results You've Ever Seen with this Framework
Jul 11, 2023
Monday Mindset: Stay Brave
Jul 10, 2023
Episode 235: If Your Students Only Write One Essay this Year, THIS is the One!
Jul 04, 2023
Monday Mindset: Let Them
Jul 03, 2023
Episode 234: Expert Tips for Saving Time and Streamlining Your Planning Without Sacrificing Quality Instruction
Jun 29, 2023
Episode 233: Transform Your Planning Process and Take Back Your Time: 2 Simple Steps to Start Batch Planning Today
Jun 27, 2023
Monday Mindset: Get Used to Being Uncomfortable
Jun 26, 2023
Episode 232: Reclaim Your Personal Time: A Step-by-Step Guide to Leaving School by 3:30
Jun 22, 2023
Episode 231: Making Every Minute Count, No Matter the Length of Your Class Period
Jun 20, 2023
Monday Mindset: Stop Waiting to Be Ready
Jun 19, 2023
Episode 230: Teach Smarter, Not Harder: Achieving the Perfect Blend of Fun, Rigor, and Learning
Jun 15, 2023
Episode 229: Why a Systematic Curriculum is the Key to Unlocking Student Potential
Jun 13, 2023
Monday Mindset: Your Circle
Jun 12, 2023
Episode 228: Transform Your Teaching and Supercharge Student Learning: Curriculum Organization is Key
Jun 08, 2023
Episode 227: Teach Everything You Need to in Less Time Without Sacrificing Your Sanity
Jun 06, 2023
Monday Mindset: Become Unstoppable
Jun 05, 2023
Episode 226: 9 Reasons Engagement Should be a Top Priority in Your Classroom
May 30, 2023
Monday Mindset: Excuses
May 29, 2023
Episode 225: Part 2: An End of Year Activity Your Students Will Love: Create Your Own Escape Room
May 23, 2023
Monday Mindset: Changing Friends Is Okay
May 22, 2023
Episode 224: Part 1: An End of Year Activity Your Students Will Love: Create Your Own Escape Room
May 16, 2023
Monday Mindset: The Journey
May 15, 2023
Episode 223: Use this Game to Help Students Master Commonly Confused Words
May 09, 2023
Monday Mindset: Victim
May 08, 2023
Episode 222: Music: An Easy Way to Guarantee Student Engagement
May 02, 2023
Monday Mindset: Creating Evidence for Yourself
May 01, 2023
Two Easy Review Games to Play with Students - 221
Apr 25, 2023
Monday Mindset: Anxiety is a Meteor Shower of What-ifs
Apr 24, 2023
Why Genius Hour is a Middle School "Must Try" Project - 220
Apr 18, 2023
Monday Mindset: Normal Nervous
Apr 17, 2023
Fun Research Project: The Year I was Born - 219
Apr 11, 2023
Monday Mindset: What’s Hard Now is Easy Later
Apr 10, 2023
Visual Essays: A Writing Assignment Your Students will Actually Like - 218
Apr 04, 2023
Monday Mindset: Rejection is Protection
Apr 03, 2023
Two-Voice Poetry (You're Going to Want to Try This!) - 217
Mar 28, 2023
Monday Mindset: Our Thoughts
Mar 27, 2023
Bonus Episode: Write Sample Essays with Chat GPT
Mar 23, 2023
Hook Your Students with Interactive Poetry Analysis - 216
Mar 21, 2023
Monday Mindset: Margin for Miracles
Mar 20, 2023
Bonus Episode: Create Essential Questions with Chat GPT
Mar 16, 2023
March Madness Poetry Brackets - 215
Mar 14, 2023
Monday Mindset: Never Question the Decision
Mar 13, 2023
Bonus Episode: Quality Discussion Questions with Chat GPT
Mar 09, 2023
Rethinking Poetry: A Fresh Perspective for Engaging Students - 214
Mar 07, 2023
Monday Mindset: Learning in a State of Positive Emotion
Mar 06, 2023
Expert Tips for Getting Your Students to Ace their Multiple Choice Tests - 213
Feb 28, 2023
Monday Mindset: Overcoming Self-Doubt
Feb 27, 2023
Boost Your Students’ Test Scores with this One Activity - 212
Feb 21, 2023
Monday Mindset: Protecting Your Energy
Feb 20, 2023
Writing Workshops- Are They Really Effective Part 2 - 211
Feb 14, 2023
Monday Mindset: Whether You Think You Can ... You're Probably Right
Feb 13, 2023
Writing Workshops - Are They Really Effective? Part 1 - 210
Feb 07, 2023
Monday Mindset: Moving Forward Despite Fear
Feb 06, 2023
The BEST Tip for Engaging Reluctant Readers - 209
Jan 31, 2023
Inspiration to Others
Jan 30, 2023
Bonus Episode: Inclusion & Paraprofessionals: How to Create the Magic
Jan 26, 2023
3 Activities to Master the Speaking and Listening Standards - 208
Jan 24, 2023
Monday Mindset: Accepting Honesty
Jan 23, 2023
Using Podcasts to Cover the Speaking and Listening Standards - 207
Jan 17, 2023
Monday Mindset: Receiving vs. Going After it
Jan 16, 2023
3 Ways to Play One ELA Game - 206
Jan 10, 2023
Monday Mindset: Feeling Unmotivated
Jan 09, 2023
Engaging Activities to Add to Short Story Units - 205
Jan 03, 2023
Monday Mindset: Decision Making
Jan 02, 2023
BONUS Episode: Best Unit for After Winter Break
Dec 27, 2022
Monday Mindset: Seasons
Dec 26, 2022
BONUS Episode: Please Stop Staying at School Past Your Contracted Hours
Dec 20, 2022
Monday Mindset: Discipline
Dec 19, 2022
BONUS Episode: Excerpt from The Empowered ELA Teacher All About Mindset and Planning
Dec 13, 2022
Monday Mindset: Read More
Dec 12, 2022
BONUS Episode: 3 Steps to Start Batch Planning Now
Dec 05, 2022
Monday Mindset: Radical Generosity
Dec 05, 2022
Actually Using Writing Conferences that Work w/ Chad - 204
Nov 29, 2022
Monday Mindset: Quiet Quitting
Nov 28, 2022
Set Yourself Up for Success During the Holiday Season - 203
Nov 22, 2022
Monday Mindset: This is Our Ultimate Responsibility
Nov 21, 2022
What to do When Your Lesson Fails - 202
Nov 15, 2022
Monday Mindset: Be About It
Nov 14, 2022
Publishing Parties: A Critical Part of Your Writing Unit (That is Often Overlooked) - 201
Nov 08, 2022
Monday Mindset: Compassionate Emptiness
Nov 07, 2022
Are Your Students Ready to Move Beyond the RACE Writing Formula? - 200
Nov 01, 2022
Monday Mindset: A+ player
Oct 31, 2022
How Constricting Your Time Can Actually Increase Creativity with Neill Williams - 199
Oct 25, 2022
Monday Mindset: Comparison
Oct 24, 2022
The No-Prep Halloween Activity Your Students Will Love! - 198
Oct 18, 2022
Monday Mindset: It's Not Whether You Win or Lose
Oct 17, 2022
3 Low-Prep Ideas to Create Defining Moments in Your ELA Class - 197
Oct 11, 2022
Monday Mindset: This Is Our Ultimate Responsibility
Oct 10, 2022
Are You Making This Mistake With Your Students Writing Samples? - 196
Oct 04, 2022
Monday Mindset: Celebrating Wins
Oct 03, 2022
What Can We Learn From a Kindergarten Teacher With Holly Hodges - 195
Sep 27, 2022
Monday Mindset: Your Non-Negotiables
Sep 26, 2022
Literature Circles are Pointless Unless You’re Doing These 3 Things - 194
Sep 20, 2022
Monday Mindset: Vulnerability
Sep 19, 2022
Schools Need to Be More Like Sports - 193
Sep 13, 2022
Monday Mindset: Lessons Learned
Sep 12, 2022
Sub Plans That Are So Good, Even the Science Teacher Can Rock Them - 192
Sep 06, 2022
Monday Mindset: Both/And
Sep 05, 2022
10 Rinse and Repeat Activities for Any Novel - 191
Aug 30, 2022
Monday Mindset: Personal Responsibility
Aug 29, 2022
How You Can Implement Social Emotional Learning (SEL) This Year - Monica Genta - 190
Aug 23, 2022
Monday Mindset: What's in the Gap?
Aug 22, 2022
The Only Vocabulary System You’ll Ever Want to Use - 189
Aug 16, 2022
Monday Mindset: Commitment to Being
Aug 15, 2022
Build Classroom Culture with These 3 Activities - 188
Aug 09, 2022
Monday Mindset: Courage
Aug 08, 2022
The Back to School Activity That Pays Off All Year Long - 187
Aug 02, 2022
Monday Mindset: Creating Moments
Aug 01, 2022
The Masks We Wear – Ashanti Branch from Branch Speaks - 186
Jul 26, 2022
BONUS EPISODE: Why Literary Analysis is the Most Important Type of Writing
Jul 21, 2022
3 Things ALL Great Writing Teachers Already Do - 185
Jul 19, 2022
BONUS EPISODE: The Best Way to Spiral Your Writing Lessons to Ensure Mastery
Jul 14, 2022
Invisible Scripts Are Making Teaching Harder Than It Needs to Be - 184
Jul 12, 2022
BONUS EPISODE: 3 Things All Great Writing Teachers Do
Jul 07, 2022
Teaching Writing is a Waste of Time (Unless You Do This...) - 183
Jul 05, 2022
Work-Life Balance Is Completely Twisted (What You Should Really Focus On) - 182
Jun 28, 2022
BONUS EPISODE: Episode 62: Three Tips to Start Batch Planning Your Lessons Now
Jun 23, 2022
Nailing Down Your Novel Units for the School Year - 181
Jun 21, 2022
BONUS EPISODE: Episode 102: Move Past Overwhelm and Start Batch Lesson Planning TODAY
Jun 16, 2022
The Flipped Classroom in a Post-Pandemic World with Mandy Rice - 180
Jun 14, 2022
BONUS EPISODE: Episode 125: Why You Should Batch Plan at the Beginning of Summer
Jun 09, 2022
Behind the Scenes of Batch Planning Live (Dropping the Juicy Details Here!) - 179
Jun 07, 2022
Could Becoming a Happier Teacher Be as Easy as This? - 178
May 31, 2022
What It Takes to Create the Teaching Life You Dream Of - 177
May 24, 2022
What the Copy Machine Has to Do with Your Success as a Teacher - 176
May 17, 2022
Episode 175: Filling in the Gaps (When Some Students Are Ready for Essays and Some Struggle with Sentences) - 175
May 10, 2022
The Collaborative Classroom w/ Trevor Muir - 174
May 03, 2022
A Fun End-of-Year Activity You’ll Want to Do (A Literature Parade) - 173
Apr 26, 2022
Anticipation Stations: Your New Go-To Pre-Reading Activity - 172
Apr 19, 2022
Why You Can't Get Anything Done! - 171
Apr 12, 2022
Why Empowered Teachers Make Room for White Space - 170
Apr 05, 2022
Secrets to Leaving School When the Bell Rings - 169
Mar 29, 2022
Hexagonal Thinking with Betsy Potash - 168
Mar 22, 2022
Fun Grammar Review for Any Topic - 167
Mar 15, 2022
2 Ways to Differentiate Your ELA Lessons with Little Effort but Big Impact - 166
Mar 08, 2022
The Best Way to Spiral Your Writing Lessons to Ensure Mastery - 165
Mar 01, 2022
Holistic Health Coaching with Guest Kara Rubino - 164
Feb 23, 2022
Determining Which ELA Activities Make the Cut - 163
Feb 15, 2022
Get Your Students Crushing Standardized Tests (Without Teaching to the Test) - 162
Feb 08, 2022
Keeping the Wonder in ELA with Jenna Copper and Abby Gross - 161
Feb 01, 2022
5 Ways to Repurpose One Lesson (and Save Time Planning) - 160
Jan 25, 2022
The Two Game-Changing Sentences That Will Instantly Improve Your Students’ Essays - 159
Jan 18, 2022
Using Mock Trials to Help Your Students Master the Standards and Have Fun - 158
Jan 11, 2022
Teaching Social Justice in the Middle School Classroom with Megan from Too Cool for Middle School - 157
Jan 04, 2022
BONUS: The Empowered ELA Teacher Excerpt Chapter 1: The Mindset Shift
Dec 29, 2021
The Perfect Unit For After Winter Break - 156
Dec 21, 2021
Four Strategies for Getting Your Kids Engaged in Independent Reading - 155
Dec 14, 2021
Inclusively Teaching Holidays Around the World with Joe and Quyen from Top Floor Teachers -154
Dec 07, 2021
Why I Do Not Use Reading Logs -- With Melissa Kruse - 153
Nov 30, 2021
Silent Debates: Your New Favorite Discussion Activity - 152
Nov 23, 2021
5‌ ‌Little-Known‌ ‌Strategies‌ ‌to‌ ‌Avoid‌ ‌Teacher‌ ‌Burnout‌ ‌- 151
Nov 16, 2021
Making the Most of Your Bell Ringers So Students Master the Standards - 150
Nov 09, 2021
A 3-Step Strategy to Creating the Perfect Essential Questions for Your Literature Unit - 149
Nov 02, 2021
Running Small Groups More Effectively - 148
Oct 26, 2021
The Easy Halloween Activity You’ll Want to Do With Your Students Tomorrow - 147
Oct 19, 2021
Hook Students With Engaging Lessons at the Start of Any Unit - 146
Oct 12, 2021
(Please) Stop Staying at School Past Your Contracted Hours - 145
Oct 05, 2021
The Most Effective Way to Teach Grammar - 144
Sep 28, 2021
Your Academic Vocabulary Ecosystem - 143
Sep 21, 2021
Why Some Teachers Have That “X-Factor” - 142
Sep 14, 2021
Fitting It All In (No Matter How Long or Short Your Class Periods Are) - 141
Sep 07, 2021
Get a Grasp on Your Grading with These 3 Quick Ideas - 140
Aug 31, 2021
The Single Most Effective Classroom Management System - 139
Aug 24, 2021
Get Your Students Begging for More with This First Day of School Activity - 138
Aug 17, 2021
Re-Engaging Your Students Through Collaboration and Connection - 137
Aug 10, 2021
22 Questions to Ask Yourself to Thrive This School Year - 136
Aug 03, 2021
Working Less and Getting Better Results - 135
Jul 27, 2021
3 Things ALL Great Writing Teachers Already Do - 134
Jul 20, 2021
3 Things Writing Frameworks Do to Create Successful Writers - 133
Jul 13, 2021
Why Literary Analysis Is the Most Important Type of Writing - 132
Jul 06, 2021
Are You Still Teaching Writing This Way? Enough Already! - 131
Jun 29, 2021
Making Next Year Fun and Easy, Without Sacrificing Learning or Rigor - 130
Jun 22, 2021
Approaching Your Curriculum With a System, Not Just Lessons - 129
Jun 15, 2021
The 1 Thing You Need to Shave Hours Off Your Planning - 128
Jun 08, 2021
The Positive Effects of Finding the Perfect Mentor - 127
Jun 03, 2021
Finding Your Passion After a REALLY Hard Year - 126
Jun 01, 2021
Why You Should Batch Plan at the Beginning of Summer - 125
May 25, 2021
How to Organize Your Curriculum for Maximum Learning - 124
May 20, 2021
Creating Rigorous Lessons That Don’t Stress Your Students Out - 123
May 18, 2021
Thriving in the Classroom (When You’re Just Trying to Survive) - 122
May 13, 2021
Covering the Same Amount of Content in Less Time Without Burning Yourself (or Your Students!) Out - 121
May 11, 2021
Three Ways This Rockstar Teacher Delivers Engagement in the Classroom with Monica Genta - 120
May 06, 2021
Why You Don't Need to Teach to the Test - 119
May 04, 2021
One Teacher’s Thoughts About Writer’s Workshop - 118
May 03, 2021
Confessions of a Principal - 117
Apr 27, 2021
A Creative & Engaging Way to Assess Students at the End of Your Poetry Unit - 116
Apr 20, 2021
How to Combine Poetry and Research to Push Your Students’ Reading and Writing Skills - 115
Apr 13, 2021
Stations Are the Key to Getting Your Students to Enjoy Poetry - 114
Apr 06, 2021
How to Make One-Pagers Rigorous and Meaningful - 113
Mar 30, 2021
Are Your Assessments REALLY Assessing the Standards? - 112
Mar 23, 2021
Our Favorite Activities to Help Students Master ELA Standards - 111
Mar 16, 2021
Are You Making This Mistake At the Beginning of Your Units? - 110
Mar 09, 2021
How to Meaningfully Celebrate Women’s History Month in an ELA Classroom - 109
Mar 02, 2021
Why Your Writing Units Aren’t Giving Your Students the Results You Want (and What You Can Do About it) - 108
Feb 23, 2021
Finding Your Teacher Community Will Make You a Better Educator - 107
Feb 16, 2021
How to Actually Get Students Excited at the Beginning of a Writing Unit - 106
Feb 09, 2021
How to Channel Students' Valentine's Day Energy and Excitement Into Great Writing - 105
Feb 02, 2021
A Reluctant Batch Planner Shares Her Success Story - 104
Jan 26, 2021
Our Favorite F Word In the Classroom - 103
Jan 19, 2021
Move Past Overwhelm and Start Batch Lesson Planning TODAY - 102
Jan 12, 2021
How to Protect Your Peace in 2021 - 101
Jan 05, 2021
Celebrating Our 100th Episode With Stories From Our EB Teachers - 100
Dec 29, 2020
Is Your Narrative Unit Really Improving Students’ Writing Skills? - 099
Dec 22, 2020
Why Being a “Perfect” Teacher Isn’t What Your Students Need - 098
Dec 15, 2020
How One Writing Teacher Got Her Life Outside of School Back - 097
Dec 08, 2020
How Empowered Educators Find Solutions Instead of Setbacks - 096
Dec 01, 2020
A Life-Saving Holiday Activity That Will Get you To Winter Break - 095
Nov 24, 2020
Playing to Win Matters More Than Curriculum - 094
Nov 17, 2020
Empowered Educators Know the Power of Baby Steps - 093
Nov 10, 2020
How to Make Every Lesson a Success With the Daily Plan That Caitlin and Jessica Swear By - 092
Nov 03, 2020
Why Taking the Time to Reignite Your Passion for Teaching Will Make You More Effective - 091
Oct 27, 2020
The Difference Between a Good and a GREAT Lesson Plan - 090
Oct 20, 2020
3 Reasons to Prioritize Grammar Instruction Now - 089
Oct 13, 2020
How to Cut Your Time Spent Grading Essays in Half - 088
Oct 06, 2020
A Mini Narrative Writing Activity To Spiral Into Your Curriculum - 087
Sep 29, 2020
The Real Reason Lesson Planning is Taking Too Long - 086
Sep 22, 2020
Teachers Who Use Engaging Lessons Get the Best Results for Their Students - 085
Sep 15, 2020
What's Preventing You From Having Your Best School Year Yet - 084
Sep 08, 2020
Shake the Dirt Interview with Michael Arterberry - 083
Sep 01, 2020
3 Easy Ways to Keep Your Students Engaged Remotely - 082
Aug 25, 2020
More Quick and Easy Tips to Get Your Students Mastering the Writing Standards - 081
Aug 18, 2020
Quick and Easy Tips to Get Your Students Mastering the Writing Standards - 080
Aug 11, 2020
4 Things The Bachelor Can Teach You About Creating Engaging Lessons - 079
Aug 04, 2020
4 Easy Tips for Leaving Meaningful Digital Feedback with Shana Ramin of Hello Teacher Lady - 078
Aug 01, 2020
How to Differentiate Your Writing Instruction Without Any Extra Work! - 077
Jul 28, 2020
How We Cut Our Stress Levels in HALF During the School Year - 076
Jul 21, 2020
How Breaking the Rules Just Might Improve Test Scores - 075
Jul 14, 2020
What Can Beverly Hills 90210 Teach Us About Improving Students’ Success in Writing? - 074
Jul 07, 2020
Are You Still Teaching Writing This Way? Enough Already! - 073
Jun 30, 2020
A Clear Timeline for Spiraling Narrative Writing Throughout the Year - 072
Jun 23, 2020
Does Narrative Writing Have Middle Child Syndrome? - 071
Jun 16, 2020
A Counterintuitive Tip to Uplevel Your Narrative Writing - 070
Jun 09, 2020
An A-ha Moment from a One-Room Schoolhouse That Will Change the Way You Teach Narratives - 069
Jun 02, 2020
Why You Have to Throw a Publishing Party - 068
May 26, 2020
Two Changes to Make Right Now for Teaching Narrative Writing - 067
May 19, 2020
Why Our Way of Teaching Narratives Gets Results - 066
May 12, 2020
We're Celebrating Our Birthdays! A Get-to-Know-Us Episode - 065
May 05, 2020
A Special Narrative Writing Project For The End of The Year - 064
Apr 28, 2020
The 6 Must-Do Habits of a Kick-Butt Lesson Planner - 063
Apr 21, 2020
Three Tips to Start Batch Planning Your Lessons Now - 062
Apr 14, 2020
Breaking Curriculum Traditions with Amanda and Marie - 061
Apr 07, 2020
Where Do We Go From Here? - 060
Mar 31, 2020
Why You Need to Bring Creativity in the Classroom with David Rickert - 059
Mar 24, 2020
The Power In Classroom Libraries with Kristy from 2 Peas and a Dog - 058
Mar 17, 2020
Essential Tips to CRUSH Your Teaching Interview - 057
Mar 10, 2020
Engaging Grammar Ideas with Lauralee Moss from Language Arts Classroom - 056
Mar 03, 2020
Help Eliminate Classroom Behavior Problems with This Easy and Engaging Activity - 055
Feb 25, 2020
Case Study with Chelsey Cabarrubias - 054
Feb 20, 2020
The Best Way to Start and End Your ELA Class - 053
Feb 18, 2020
Case Study with Alexa Borota - 052
Feb 13, 2020
Surviving Valentine's Day in Middle School - 051
Feb 11, 2020
EB Teachers' Club Case Study with Monica Jayasinghe - 050
Feb 06, 2020
How to Shave Off Time Spent Lesson Planning - 049
Feb 04, 2020
Are You Someone's Ms. Neilan? - 048
Jan 28, 2020
Why Rigorous Lessons Are Not Enough - 047
Jan 21, 2020
Let's Have More Fun in the Classroom, Shall We?! - 046
Jan 14, 2020
Is It Good Teaching Practice to Use Sentence Starters? - 045
Jan 07, 2020
Your Limiting Beliefs Are Holding You Back - 044
Dec 31, 2019
Two Big Decisions I Wish I Had Made Sooner and Why You Should Make Them Now - 043
Dec 24, 2019
BONUS Episode: From Elementary to Middle School Writing - 042
Dec 19, 2019
How TAG and the EBW Approach Changed Everything for One Teacher - 041
Dec 17, 2019
BONUS Episode: Case Study with Amy Cawthon
Dec 12, 2019
Growing as a Teacher During Your First Years - 039
Dec 10, 2019
How One Teacher Stepped Into the Mindset of What's Possible - 038
Dec 03, 2019
Caitlin and Jessica: Our Teaching Stories - 037
Nov 26, 2019
Why Student Writing Sometimes Sucks and What We Can Do About It - 036
Nov 19, 2019
A Common Mistake You Might Be Making - 035
Nov 12, 2019
Mini Literary Analysis Writing PD - Eliminate Writer's Block - 034
Nov 05, 2019
Mini Literary Analysis Writing PD: Hooking Your Students - 033
Oct 29, 2019
Picture Books in Middle School ELA with Jenna from Doc Cop Teaching - 032
Oct 22, 2019
Making Vocabulary Meaningful with Melissa from Reading and Writing Haven - 031
Oct 15, 2019
A Look Inside Another Teacher's Classroom with Ashli Cassidy - 030
Oct 08, 2019
Bringing Podcasts into Your Classroom with Ashley from Building Book Love - 029
Oct 01, 2019
Simple Steps for a Better Year: Mindfulness with Kailey from Educalme - 028
Sep 24, 2019
Games in ELA: Part 2 of 2 - 027
Sep 17, 2019
Games in ELA: Part 1 of 2 - 026
Sep 10, 2019
Easy Lunch Ideas - 025
Sep 03, 2019
Incorporating Informational Text in Easy and Meaningful Ways - 024
Aug 27, 2019
First Day of School Activities - 023
Aug 20, 2019
23 Pieces of Advice for the First Year Teacher - 022
Aug 13, 2019
Make the Most of the TpT Sitewide Sale - 021
Aug 06, 2019
3 Simple and Easy Classroom Organization Habits - 020
Jul 30, 2019
Habits You Can Form Now to Build Classroom Community - 019
Jul 23, 2019
The Benefits of Using a Writing Framework - 018
Jul 16, 2019
Elevate Your First Chapter Fridays - 017
Jul 09, 2019
The Instagram Classroom - 016
Jul 02, 2019
Why We Left the Classroom - 015
Jun 25, 2019
Actionable Lesson Planning Strategies - 014
Jun 18, 2019
How to Create Bell Ringers that Work - 013
Jun 11, 2019
How I Completely Changed My Summer Reading Assignment - 012
Jun 04, 2019
A Counterintuitive Tip to Uplevel Your Narrative Writing - 011
May 28, 2019
Surviving the End of the Year - 010
May 21, 2019
Classroom Environment with Holly Hodges from Research and Play - 009
May 14, 2019
9 Best Short Stories to Teach - 008
May 07, 2019
Mindfulness for YOU - 007
Apr 30, 2019
Easy Way to Keep Students Engaged through the End of the Year - 006
Apr 23, 2019
The Problem With One-Pager Assignments - 005
Apr 16, 2019
4 Powerful Results from Using a Clear Writing Framework
Apr 11, 2019
Constructive Criticism: How to Change Your Mindset and Be Open to Feedback - 003
Apr 02, 2019
How to Overcome 3 Writing Mistakes You Might be Making - 002
Apr 01, 2019
3 Simple Ways to Create Student Buy In - 001
Apr 01, 2019