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