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Back to SearchEpisode 406: Step-by-Step Approach for Implementing "Genius Hour" in Middle School
Season 2 Episode 406
In today's Teaching Middle School ELA podcast episode, I share Step-by-Step Approach for Implementing "Genius Hour" in Middle School. The last few we…
5 months, 1 week ago
Episode 405: Monday Mindset: Never Question the Decision
Season 2 Episode 405
In today's Monday Mindset episode, Your toughest habits don’t break in big dramatic moments. They break in quiet negotiations you barely notice, the …
5 months, 1 week ago
Episode 404: Tips for Using Your Prep Period to Grade (Instead of Plan)
Season 2 Episode 404
In today's Teaching Middle School Podcast Episode, your prep period is getting stolen and it’s not because you’re “bad at time management.” Between e…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 403: The Feedback Framework That Cuts Grading Time in Half
Season 2 Episode 403
In today's Teaching Middle School ELA podcast, We share a practical before-during-after feedback framework built from real teacher tips across our st…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 402: Monday Mindset: Margin for Magic
Season 2 Episode 402
You can look fine on the outside and still feel alone on the inside and that gap can get painfully wide when you’re a teacher expected to carry every…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 401: Graphic Group Essays: A Writing Assignment Your Students Will Actually Like
Season 2 Episode 401
April makes it hard to keep essay writing rigorous without burying ourselves in grading. We use graphic group essays to help students practise claims…
6 months ago
Episode 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’…
6 months, 1 week 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 …
6 months, 1 week 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…
6 months, 1 week 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…
6 months, 1 week ago