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Could Becoming a Happier Teacher Be as Easy as This? - 178
What are you willing to be wrong about? Caitlin and Jessica ask this thought-provoking question in order to help listeners learn to be more flexible …
4 years, 4 months ago
Best Of: A Special Narrative Writing Project for the End of the Year - 64
In today’s episode, Jessica shares the model text that changed the way she taught narratives. She discusses her experience using the short story, Up…
4 years, 4 months ago
What It Takes to Create the Teaching Life You Dream Of - 177
When did you know that you wanted to be a teacher? Does your reality of teaching match those dreams you had? In this episode, Caitlin and Jessica exp…
4 years, 4 months ago
What the Copy Machine Has to Do with Your Success as a Teacher - 176
Listen in as Jessica walks you through an exercise to help you explore how your language affects your mindset and motivation. It’s a real opener! Nex…
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 175: Filling in the Gaps (When Some Students Are Ready for Essays and Some Struggle with Sentences) - 175
In this episode, Caitlin and Jessica will show you how to use sentence stems to help your students introduce evidence, with an additional component f…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Collaborative Classroom w/ Trevor Muir - 174
So if you’re looking for practical ways to help your students give and accept constructive feedback, work together on an authentic project, and grow …
4 years, 5 months ago
A Fun End-of-Year Activity You’ll Want to Do (A Literature Parade) - 173
Caitlin and Jessica will walk you through this activity, which will help you and your students create a special moment before you head out for summer…
4 years, 5 months ago
Anticipation Stations: Your New Go-To Pre-Reading Activity - 172
Anticipation activities help students better understand reading material, dig more deeply into discussions, and feel more engaged in the unit. If you…
4 years, 5 months ago
Why You Can't Get Anything Done! - 171
“Why is it that I’m so busy, but I never feel like I’m getting enough done or moving forward on my goals?” If you’ve asked yourself this question rec…
4 years, 6 months ago
Why Empowered Teachers Make Room for White Space - 170
An empowered ELA teacher is a teacher who really loves their job; each day, they wake up excited to get to school and embark on that day’s lessons wi…
4 years, 6 months ago