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The Best Way to Start and End Your ELA Class - 053
Teachers consistently reach out to us asking how to make their classrooms run more smoothly because they are struggling to accomplish everything that…
6 years, 3 months ago
Case Study with Alexa Borota - 052
I’m sure you can all relate to a feeling that Alexa so openly shared with me today. Sometimes, as teachers, we find ourselves in a rut--lacking inspi…
6 years, 4 months ago
Surviving Valentine's Day in Middle School - 051
There is no doubt about it--Valentine’s Day is one of the craziest days of the school year in a middle school classroom. Hormones and red carnations …
6 years, 4 months ago
EB Teachers' Club Case Study with Monica Jayasinghe - 050
In today's episode, I'm interviewing one of our EB Teachers' Club members, Monica Jayasinghe. Monica is a 6th grade ELA and Social Studies teacher in…
6 years, 4 months ago
How to Shave Off Time Spent Lesson Planning - 049
Can you name a single teacher who doesn’t wish they could spend less time planning?
Yeah… I didn’t think so. Honestly, who wants to be spending their…
6 years, 4 months ago
Are You Someone's Ms. Neilan? - 048
Today I want to talk a little about my story and why engaging lessons are at the forefront of everything I do in EB Academics. Along with one of our …
6 years, 4 months ago
Why Rigorous Lessons Are Not Enough - 047
If our students are not engaged in their learning, then we’ve lost them already. They’ve tuned out and they’re thinking about all the other pressing …
6 years, 4 months ago
Let's Have More Fun in the Classroom, Shall We?! - 046
Okay, let me ask you, have you ever wanted to have just more fun in your ELA classroom, but thought to yourself, “Well, I’m not creative enough to co…
6 years, 5 months ago
Is It Good Teaching Practice to Use Sentence Starters? - 045
As a long-time writing teacher and instructional coach, I’ve learned about this great debate among ELA educators: to provide sentence starters or to …
6 years, 5 months ago
Your Limiting Beliefs Are Holding You Back - 044
As we round out 2019, let's talk about how our limiting beliefs are holding us back from being the best version of ourselves, and ultimately, the bes…
6 years, 5 months ago