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How to Organize Your Curriculum for Maximum Learning - 124
In this episode, you will learn how to use batch planning to strategically and intentionally plan your school year, using standards as your guide as …
5 years ago
Creating Rigorous Lessons That Don’t Stress Your Students Out - 123
In this episode, Caitlin and Jessica talk about how you can add rigor to your lessons without making your students feel overwhelmed or lost. It all s…
5 years, 1 month ago
Thriving in the Classroom (When You’re Just Trying to Survive) - 122
In this episode, Caitlin and Jessica’s 3 tips on thriving instead of surviving will give you the inspiration you need to find joy and energy in your …
5 years, 1 month ago
Covering the Same Amount of Content in Less Time Without Burning Yourself (or Your Students!) Out - 121
When you think about the standards your students need to master, does fitting them all into the school year seem impossible? If you feel this way, yo…
5 years, 1 month ago
Three Ways This Rockstar Teacher Delivers Engagement in the Classroom with Monica Genta - 120
In this episode, Caitlin and Jessica interview Monica Genta and discuss the challenges of engaging students in those last, long weeks of the school. …
5 years, 1 month ago
Why You Don't Need to Teach to the Test - 119
In this episode, Caitlin and Jessica discuss the drawbacks of focusing too strongly on testing skills in lessons: boredom, poor confidence, and lack …
5 years, 1 month ago
One Teacher’s Thoughts About Writer’s Workshop - 118
Today, we are interviewing teacher, writer, and podcaster Jacob Chastain, a middle school teacher who uses the writer’s workshop method every day in …
5 years, 1 month ago
Confessions of a Principal - 117
In this episode, Meredith takes us back to the beginning of her career when she almost quit her seventh grade teaching position. She candidly shares …
5 years, 1 month ago
A Creative & Engaging Way to Assess Students at the End of Your Poetry Unit - 116
Listen to this episode where we describe how to effectively assess students with shape, found, or blackout poetry. Better yet--give students a choice…
5 years, 1 month ago
How to Combine Poetry and Research to Push Your Students’ Reading and Writing Skills - 115
Today, we share our Elements of Poetry Mini Research Project so that you can consider including a research component in your next poetry unit. We ex…
5 years, 2 months ago