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Stations Are the Key to Getting Your Students to Enjoy Poetry - 114
Today, we walk you through our favorite poetry resource--poetry stations. In just five stations, we explain how to get every student analyzing word …
5 years, 2 months ago
How to Make One-Pagers Rigorous and Meaningful - 113
Through our own trial-and-error, we were able to create a rigorous one-pager assignment that gave students the opportunity to showcase their best thi…
5 years, 2 months ago
Are Your Assessments REALLY Assessing the Standards? - 112
Today, we wrap up our three-week series on the EB lesson-planning framework and share how we create and assign end-of-unit “Beyond” lessons. Not only…
5 years, 2 months ago
Our Favorite Activities to Help Students Master ELA Standards - 111
Today, we discuss how looking closely at the standards will provide you with the exact topics and framework for your lesson plans. We share specific …
5 years, 3 months ago
Are You Making This Mistake At the Beginning of Your Units? - 110
Today, we share some of our favorite engaging “Into” lesson plan ideas that can be repurposed over and over again throughout the year so that your pl…
5 years, 3 months ago
How to Meaningfully Celebrate Women’s History Month in an ELA Classroom - 109
Today, we share our tried-and-true Women’s History Month Brochure Project that will engage students and push their thinking. Whether you want to jus…
5 years, 3 months ago
Why Your Writing Units Aren’t Giving Your Students the Results You Want (and What You Can Do About it) - 108
If you want to see your students make genuine writing growth, it’s time to abandon the full-length essay craze, give yourself a break from non-stop g…
5 years, 3 months ago
Finding Your Teacher Community Will Make You a Better Educator - 107
Whether you work with toxic teammates, are teaching online and feeling disconnected, or enjoy your coworkers but are just struggling to find “your pe…
5 years, 4 months ago
How to Actually Get Students Excited at the Beginning of a Writing Unit - 106
In today’s episode, we share our favorite engaging introductory lesson activities for several different genres of expository writing. Listen in to he…
5 years, 4 months ago
How to Channel Students' Valentine's Day Energy and Excitement Into Great Writing - 105
In today’s episode, we share our all-time favorite Valentine’s Day lesson that we’ve used in fifth grade, all the way up to high school! We explain, …
5 years, 4 months ago