Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpisode 400: A Simple Hack for Helping Students Find the Main Idea in Informational Text
Struggling to get your students to actually find the main idea—without guessing or copying random sentences? You’re not alone.
In today’s episode, we’…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 399: Monday Mindset: The One Thing That Makes the End of the Year So Much Harder Than It Has to Be
Season 2 Episode 399
Today's Monday Mindset, We challenge ourselves to teach for the “May us” by making choices now that reduce end-of-year stress and strengthen student …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 398: Why Students Don't Apply Grammar in Their Writing — And How to Fix It Part 2
Season 2 Episode 398
Today's episode is Part 2 of Episode 397.
Your students can label sentence types on a worksheet, crush the grammar game, and still hand in an essay p…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 397: Why Your Grammar Lessons Keep Falling Flat (And the Fix That Actually Works) Part 1
Season 2 Episode 397
If your grammar lessons feel like they’re going in one ear and out the other… You are not alone.
In today’s Teaching Middle School ELA podcast episode…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 396: Monday Mindset: What to Do When Everything Starts to Slip
Season 2 Episode 396
In today's Monday Mindset, March and April can feel like the point where everything starts slipping at once. You’re running on fumes, your students a…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
BONUS: Silent Discussions—How to Get Every Student Thinking (Without Anyone Saying a Word)
Season 2
In this bonus episode, we’re joined by our very own EB Membership Manager, Genevieve, to talk about one of the most powerful (and underrated) strateg…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 395: A 5-Minute Women’s History Month Writing Routine
Season 2 Episode 395
Want to honor Women’s History Month without adding another unit to your already packed schedule? In today's Teaching Middle School ELA podcast episod…
3 months, 1 week ago
Episode 394: Whole-Group Differentiation: 5 Strategies You Can Use Tomorrow
Season 2 Episode 394
Hello, March and welcome back to the Teaching Middle School ELA podcast. So today, I shared five simple, whole-group strategies that make differentia…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 393: Monday Mindset: “March Is Not for Reinventing Yourself”
Season 2 Episode 393
March is not the month for reinventing yourself. It's the month for trusting what's already working. The routines feel heavy, testing looms ahead, an…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 392: The Easiest Way to Add Informational Texts Without Adding More Work
Season 2 Episode 392
In today's Teaching Middle School ELA podcast episode, we break the myth that informational text requires a massive unit and replace it with a quiet,…
3 months, 3 weeks ago