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Teaching Middle School ELA — 582 episodes
Episode 436: Monday Mindset: It's All About Your Mood
Episode 433: Monday Mindset: Go to a Dark Room
Episode 432: Are You Making This Mistake with Your Student Writing Samples?
Episode 431: Get Your Students Actually Enjoying Writing with this FUN Activity
Episode 430: Monday Mindset: Forget What You Think You Need
Episode 429: Is the Reason Your Students Struggle With Writing Simpler Than You Think?
Episode 428: Re-Air: The Best of Writing Episodes: It's Time to Drop the RACE Strategy.
Episode 427: Monday Mindset: Stay Brave
Episode 426: If Your Students Only Write One Essay This Year, THIS is the One!
Episode 425: Monday Mindset: The Two Words That Will Save Your Energy This Year
Episode 424: How to Cut Your Planning Time in Half Without Cutting Corners
Episode 423: Two Things to Do This Summer That Will Change Your Entire School Year
Episode 422: Monday Mindset: Get Used to Being Uncomfortable
Episode 421: The Real Reason You're Still at School at 6 PM (And It's Not Your To-Do List)
Episode 420: It's Not About How Much Time You Have — It's About What You Do With It
Episode 419: Monday Mindset: Stop Waiting to Be Ready
Episode: 418: You Didn't Become a Teacher to Feel Like This — Here's How to Get Back to Loving It
Episode 417: The Real Reason Your Students Aren't Retaining What You Teach (And How a Simple Framework Fixes It)
Episode 416: Monday Mindset: Life Is Too Short for the Wrong Circle
Episode 415: Stop Planning Week to Week — There's a Better Way and It Changes Everything
Episode 414: Why You're Always Running Out of Time (And It's Not Because Your Class Period Is Too Short)
Episode 413: Monday Mindset: The One Thing They Can Never Take From You
Episode 412: What We Would Have Done Differently This Year — And What We're Keeping for Next Year
Episode: 411: How to Keep Students Engaged When Everyone (Including You) Is Done
Episode 410: Monday Mindset: The Victim Mindset
Episode 409: Could Becoming a Happier Teacher Be as Easy as This?
Episode 408: Monday Mindset: Creating Evidence for Yourself
Episode 407: What It Takes to Create the Teaching Life You Dream Of
Episode 406: Step-by-Step Approach for Implementing "Genius Hour" in Middle School
Episode 405: Monday Mindset: Never Question the Decision
Episode 404: Tips for Using Your Prep Period to Grade (Instead of Plan)
Episode 403: The Feedback Framework That Cuts Grading Time in Half
Episode 402: Monday Mindset: Margin for Magic
Episode 401: Graphic Group Essays: A Writing Assignment Your Students Will Actually Like
Episode 400: A Simple Hack for Helping Students Find the Main Idea in Informational Text
Episode 399: Monday Mindset: The One Thing That Makes the End of the Year So Much Harder Than It Has to Be
Episode 398: Why Students Don't Apply Grammar in Their Writing — And How to Fix It Part 2
Episode 397: Why Your Grammar Lessons Keep Falling Flat (And the Fix That Actually Works) Part 1
Episode 396: Monday Mindset: What to Do When Everything Starts to Slip
BONUS: Silent Discussions—How to Get Every Student Thinking (Without Anyone Saying a Word)
Episode 395: A 5-Minute Women’s History Month Writing Routine
Episode 394: Whole-Group Differentiation: 5 Strategies You Can Use Tomorrow
Episode 393: Monday Mindset: “March Is Not for Reinventing Yourself”
Episode 392: The Easiest Way to Add Informational Texts Without Adding More Work
BONUS: How to Run a March Madness Poetry Bracket in Any Classroom
Episode 391: The Friday Whiteboard Planning System That Gives You Your Evenings Back
Episode 390: Monday Mindset: The Real Reason Teachers Burn Out (And What You Can Do Today)
Episode 389: 5 Easy Steps to Create a Virtual Field Trip
Episode 388: Two Grammar Games That Replace Worksheets Without Losing Rigor
Episode 387: Monday Mindset: Trust Your Decisions (Even When Everyone Else Has Opinions)
Episode 386: Forget Spiraling Everything: The One Skill Your Students Actually Need Before Testing
Episode 385: A Test Prep Strategy Students Actually Enjoy (And You’ll Reuse Every Year)
Episode 384: Monday Mindset: Why “Keeping It Simple” Makes You a Stronger Teacher
BONUS: How to Use EB Resources With Your District Curriculum (Without Getting Behind or Overwhelmed)
Episode 383: Fix Chaotic Transitions With One Simple Procedure
Episode 382: The First Writing Routine You Should Teach After Break (It Makes Everything Easier)
Episode 381: Monday Mindset: The Truth About “Feeling Behind” (And Why You’re Probably Ahead)
Episode 380: How We Actually Create EB Resources (You'll Never Guess the Last Step)
Episode 379: Monday Mindset: Forget Resolutions — Do This Instead for a Better Year
Episode 378: 5 Classroom Routines That Make the Entire Semester Easier
Episode 377: Monday Mindset: Winter Break Won't Save You If You Don't Do This
Episode 376: You're Not Too Busy to Plan—You're Busy Because You Don't Plan
Episode 375: Monday Mindset: The Best Teachers Don't Stay the Latest
Episode 374: How One Teacher Got Her Most Reluctant Writers Begging to Revise (Right Before Winter Break)
Episode 373: Monday Mindset: Choose Rest on Purpose
Episode 372: Your New Favorite Pre-Break Activity (That’s Secretly All About Setting)
Episode 371: Monday Mindset: Staying Calm Amidst the Chaos
Episode 370: The Gratitude Writing Activity Your Students Will Actually Love
Episode 369: Monday Mindset: The Hard Truth You Need to Hear
Episode 368: Still Using This Simple Idea from 2015 in Your Writing Lessons?
Episode 367: Monday Mindset: Burnout Isn’t a Badge of Honor
Episode 366: How to Teach Writing With Confidence (Even If You Feel Like a Fraud)
Episode 365: Monday Mindset: Feeling Stuck? This Episode Will Help You See Why That’s a Good Thing.
Stop Using RACE: The Better Writing Framework Students Actually Understand
Episode 364: Make Writing Feel Easy Again: 3 Simple Systems That Actually Work
Episode 363: Monday Mindset: What Courage Looks Like in the Classroom (Hint: It’s Not Loud)
Episode 362: The Mystery Basket Game That Turns Any Lesson Into a Competition
Episode 361: How to Fix Classroom Culture Fast (Without Starting Over)
Episode 360: The Knockout Game That Makes Review Days 10x More Fun
The Free Halloween Escape Room Your Students Will Freak Out Over
Episode 359: The Treasure Hunt Review Game That Keeps Students Begging for More
Episode 358: How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Other Teachers
Episode 357: The Game That Turns Vocabulary, Grammar, and More Into Student Obsessions
Episode 356: Stop Staring at the Mountain in Front of You: Do This Instead
Episode 355: ELA Games Series: Why Bluffing Might Be the Most Fun Way to Practice ELA
Episode 354: ChatGPT Series: 3 ChatGPT Shortcuts Every ELA Teacher Needs to Save Hours on Prep
Episode 353: The Shortcut Narrative Unit: How to Get Powerful Stories in Just 10 Days
Episode 352: ChatGPT Series: Differentiation Without the Extra Work
Episode 351: Balancing Creative and Academic Writing in the Middle School Classroom
Episode 350: ChatGPT Series: Communication & Admin Tasks Made Easier
Episode 349: Scaffolding Evidence: How to Help Students Choose Quotes That Actually Work
Episode 348:ChatGPT Series: Planning Support Without the Overwhelm
Episode 347: From Summary to Justification: Teaching Students to Go Beyond the Obvious
Episode 346: ChatGPT Series: Brainstorming & Lesson Hooks Made Simple
Episode 345: Teaching Grammar in the Flow of Writing
Episode 344: ChatGPT Series: How to Train ChatGPT to Create Rubrics and Feedback
Episode 343: You’re Probably Already Doing This—But It’s the Secret to a Strong Reading Culture
Episode 342: The Secret to a Thriving Classroom Culture
Episode 341: Mini Socratic Seminars: Big Impact in Small Groups
Episode 340: Avoiding Burnout by Letting Go of Perfection in Your Lesson Plans
Episode 339: What to Do When Self-Doubt Creeps In
Episode 338: How to Feel More Confident Teaching Writing (Even If You Don’t Love It)
Episode 337: Why Templates Are the Key to Teacher Sanity
Episode 336: How to Make Peer Review Work in Middle School
Episode 335: The Power of Weekly Routines in Your ELA Classroom
Episode 334: What to Do When Students Still Can’t Write a Strong Paragraph
Episode 333: Why the Evidence Tracker Is the Most Underrated Writing Tool
Episode 332: What I’d Do Differently with Writing Next Year (And What I’d Keep the Same)
Episode 331: Batch Planning Grammar Mini-Lessons for a Month at a Time
Episode 330: The #1 Writing Skill to Focus on in the First Month of School
Episode 329: How to Create Engaging Lessons That Don’t Take Hours to Plan
Episode 328: Creating Student Buy-In for Writing Projects
Episode 327: How the 80/20 Rule Can Transform Your ELA Classroom
326: Writing Engagement Starts Day One—Here’s How I Hook Them
Episode 325: Why Planning Ahead Saves You Time (and Sanity) in the Long Run
Episode 324: Mini Lessons That Actually Stick (and Take Less Than 10 Minutes)
Episode 323: What to Focus On This Summer to Set Yourself Up for a Stress-Free Fall
Episode 322: Mic Drop Moments: 3-Sentence Speeches for the Last Day of School
Bonus Episode: How to Turn a Mystery into a Full-Class Mock Trial
Episode 321: Closing Time: End-of-Year Routines to Wrap Up Your Classroom, Grades, and Sanity
Episode 320: Creative End-of-Year Reflections That Stick
Episode 319: How Prepping on Fridays Can Change Your Life
Episode 318: Low-Prep Ways to End the Year with Deep Thinking
Episode 317: How to Plan Smarter, Not Harder: Mapping Out a Month of ELA in One Afternoon
Welcome Back: A New Season, A New Chapter
An Important Update for the Podcast
Mindset Favorite: Protecting Your Energy
Re-Air Transform Your Planning Process and Take Back Your Time
Mindset Favorite: Accepting Honesty
Episode 315: Ideas for Teaching Grammar in the Context of Reading
Mindset Favorite: Whether You Think You Can... You're Probably Right
Episode 314:Interview with Deonna Smith: culturally relevant learning environments
Mindset Favorite: Moving Forward Despite Fear
Episode 313: Say Goodbye to Popcorn Reading: 4 Engaging Read Aloud Strategies (You’ll Love the Last One!)
Mindset Favorite: Receiving vs. Going After It
Episode 312: Grab a Soccer Ball and Try this Discussion Activity Immediately
Mindset Favorite: Overcoming Self-doubt
Episode 311: Drop the Boring Writing Assignment, Engage Your Students, and Give Collaborative Writing a Try
Mindset Favorite: Seasons
Episode 310: How to Write a Lesson with ELL Students in Mind
Mindset Favorite: Stop Hitting the Snooze Button
Episode 309: What Does Taylor Swift Have to Do with Student Projects (Interview with Trevor Aleo)
Mindset Favorite: You'll Regret What You Didn't Do
Episode 308: Literary Shuffle Activity
Mindset Favorite: Be About It
Episode 307: Navigating the Science of Reading Part 8: Sight Recognition
Mindset Favorite: Feeling Unmotivated
Episode 306: Navigating the Science of Reading Part 7: Decoding
Mindset Favorite: Read More
Episode 305: Navigating the Science of Reading Part 6: Phonological Awareness
Mindset Favorite: Compassionate Emptiness
Episode 304: Navigating the Science of Reading Part 5: Literacy Knowledge
Mindset Favorite: Decision Making
Episode 303: Navigating the Science of Reading Part 4: Verbal Reasoning
Mindset Favorite: Discipline
Episode 302: Navigating the Science of Reading Part 3: Language Structures
Mindset Favorite: Radical Generosity
Episode 301: Navigating the Science of Reading Part 2: Vocabulary
Mindset Favorite: Quiet Quitting
Episode 300: Navigating the Science of Reading Part 1: Background Knowledge
Monday Mindset Favorite: A+ Player
Episode 299: Creating Learning Targets that Include the School Custodian, News Reporters, and a Whole Lot of Fun
Monday Mindset: Find Your Person
Episode 298: From Boring Review to Begging for More: Three Low Prep Games to Add to Your Lessons this Year
Monday Mindset: Lessons
Episode 297: Back To School Mini-Series| BTS Activities That Are Seriously Better Than Ice Breaker Bingo
Monday Mindset: Come Back to Love
Episode 296: Back To School Mini-Series| Blindfold Puzzles : A BTS Activity to Gain Info About Your Students Right from the Get-Go!
Monday Mindset: Finding the Solution Instead of the Problem
Episode 295: The First Day of School Activity Your Students Will Go Home Talking About
Monday Mindset: Attitude Is a Little Thing That Makes a Big Difference
Episode 294: Use These Four Words Everyday With Your Students and Watch Your Test Scores Skyrocket
Monday Mindset: Dream Big
Episode 293: Not Enough Time in Your Class Period? Listen to This
Monday Mindset: Opportunity is Risk
Episode 292: Summer Lesson Planning Series: Rethink Your Weekly Lesson Plans (And Ditch What You Learned in College)
Monday Mindset: Just Start
Episode 291: Summer Lesson Planning Series: Taking it to the Next Level: Designing Effective "Beyond" Framework
Monday Mindset: Forget the Mood You're In
Episode 290: Summer Lesson Planning Series: Elevating Student Mastery with "Through" Framework
Monday Mindset: How to Pour Into Yourself
Episode 289: Summer Lesson Planning Series: Setting the Stage: Crafting Engaging "Into" Framework
Monday Mindset: Your Purpose is NOT for you
Episode 288: Summer Lesson Planning Series: Standards: Doctors Don't Wing it and Neither Should You
Monday Mindset: The Only Person You Can Control is You
Episode 287: Lesson Planning is So 2010 (Just Like Printing Boarding Passes)
Monday Mindset: Serve Others
Episode 286: 3 Must Do's to Close Out this School Year and Prepare for Next Year
Monday Mindset: Take Time for Appreciation
Episode 285: Why You Should Ditch New Lessons at the End of the Year
Monday Mindset: Change the Way You Worry
Episode 284: Team EB's Favorite Grading Hacks
Monday Mindset: Forget What Time it Is
Episode 283: Unleash Student Creativity with SCAMPER Sessions
Monday Mindset: You Don't Have to Be Happy All the Time
Episode 282: Early Finishers? Use this Game Changing Chat GPT Command
Monday Mindset: Permission to Want More
Episode 281: What You Need to Know About Effective Adaptations for ELLs and Students in Special Education
Monday Mindset: Everything is Figureoutable
Episode 280: Episode 280: What These Five Countries Are Doing to Support Their Teachers (Share This with Your Principal!)
Monday Mindset: Open the Doors
Episode 279: A Research Unit Your Students Will Actually Enjoy
Monday Mindset: Celebrate Today
Episode 278: A Simple Hack for Helping Students Find the Main Idea in Informational Text
Monday Mindset: The Real Luxuries in Life
Episode 277: Intentionally Bringing Joy Into Our Classrooms with Dr. Deonna Smith
Monday Mindset: You Didn't Miss Your Boat
Episode 276: A Simple Hack to Differentiate Your Lessons
Monday Mindset: Pay Attention
Episode 275: Teaching Beyond Tests A New Approach
Monday Mindset: A New Way of Overcoming Obstacles
Episode 274: How to Differentiate With Whole Group Instruction
Monday Mindset: Stop the Judgement
Episode 273: Research Behind Great Teachers
Monday Mindset: Live Abundantly
Episode 272: Learning to Admire Annoying Behaviors
Monday Mindset: Prove Yourself Wrong
Episode 271: "Funds of Feeling" - A Feeling-Based Approach to Literature with Stanford's Sarah Levine and Chris Mah
Monday Mindset: Bending Time
Episode 270: Science of Reading - Building Reading Comprehension at the Middle School Level
Monday Mindset: Create Newness
Episode 269: Easy to Implement Activities to Improve Vocabulary and Comprehension (Takeaways from The Ron Clark Academy)
Monday Mindset: How Much Better Can It Actually Get?
Episode 268: The Science of Reading in Your Classroom
Monday Mindset: Judgement Will Kill Your Bravery
Episode 267: Prepare for the Unexpected (when students are absent)
Monday Mindset: Joyful Anticipation
Episode 266: Interview with Grace Stevens on Setting Healthy Boundaries
Monday Mindset: Positive Self-Talk
Episode 265: Use Your Prep Period for Grading (Not Planning)
Monday Mindset: Be Curious About Your Greatness
Best of: Move Past Overwhelm and Start Batch Lesson Planning TODAY
Monday Mindset: Be About It
Best of: Transform Your Planning Process and Take Back Your Time: 2 Simple Steps to Start Batch Planning Today
Monday Mindset: Decision Making
Best of: Publishing Parties: A Critical Part of Your Writing Unit (That is Often Overlooked)
Monday Mindset: Read More
Best of: Engaging Activities to Add to Short Story Units
Monday Mindset: Compassionate Emptiness
Best of: Anticipation Stations: Your New Go-To Pre-Reading Activity
Monday Mindset: Radical Generosity
Best of: Set Yourself Up for Success During the Holiday Season
Monday Mindset: Discipline
Episode 254: Teach Student-Friendly Short Stories with this Simple Hack
Monday Mindset: Quiet Quitting
Episode 253: Master the Tricky Standard of Analyzing Conflicting Information with this Lesson
Monday Mindset: A+ player
Episode 252: Cut Back on Grading While Leaving Meaningful Feedback with Dr. Harper
Monday Mindset: Be the Reason
Episode 251: Tap Into Students' Halloween Energy with this Haunted Forest Escape Room
Monday Mindset: Change Your Perspective
Episode 250: The Fabulous Edgar Allan Poe Two Truths and a Lie Game
Monday Mindset: Get an Accountability Partner
Episode 249: Finally! A Way for Middle Schoolers to Write Effective Summaries
Monday Mindset: Let's Romanticize the Mundane Things in Our Lives
Episode 248: Stop Writing Sample Essays with Your Students; Do THIS Instead
Monday Mindset: Rest is Not a Reward
Episode 247: Your Burning ELA Questions Answered
Monday Mindset: Seasons
Episode 246: Get Your Students to Rock their Text-Dependent Paragraphs with this Strategy
Monday Mindset: You're Not Good at Everything
Episode 245: The Argument for Using Graphic Novels in the Classroom
Monday Mindset: Stop Hitting the Snooze Button
Episode 244: A No-Prep Grammar Activity Your Students Will Love
Monday Mindset: You'll regret what you didn't do
Episode 243: Interview with Frederick Buskey of the Assistant Principal Podcast
Monday Mindset: Let Go of Expectations
Episode 242: A Must Try Classroom Management Hack (So Your Students Can Actually Handle Group Work)
Monday Mindset: The Good Stuff
Episode 241: This Will Be Your New Favorite Back to School Activity
Monday Mindset: Change Starts from Within
Episode 240: Breakthroughs in Grammar Instruction: The 3 Must-Have Elements (Part 2)
Monday Mindset: You Are Valuable
Episode 239: Breakthroughs in Grammar Instruction: The 3 Must-Have Elements (Part 1)
Monday Mindset: It's All About Your Mood
The Best of Writing Episodes: Are You Making This Mistake with Your Student Writing Samples?
Episode 238: Increase Students Writing Scores in 30 Minutes or Less
Monday Mindset: Go to a Dark Room
The Best of Writing Episodes: It's Time to Drop the RACE Strategy.
Episode 237: Get Your Students Actually Enjoying Writing with this FUN Activity
Monday Mindset: Forget What You Think You Need
Episode 236: Get the Best Writing Results You've Ever Seen with this Framework
Monday Mindset: Stay Brave
Episode 235: If Your Students Only Write One Essay this Year, THIS is the One!
Monday Mindset: Let Them
Episode 234: Expert Tips for Saving Time and Streamlining Your Planning Without Sacrificing Quality Instruction
Episode 233: Transform Your Planning Process and Take Back Your Time: 2 Simple Steps to Start Batch Planning Today
Monday Mindset: Get Used to Being Uncomfortable
Episode 232: Reclaim Your Personal Time: A Step-by-Step Guide to Leaving School by 3:30
Episode 231: Making Every Minute Count, No Matter the Length of Your Class Period
Monday Mindset: Stop Waiting to Be Ready
Episode 230: Teach Smarter, Not Harder: Achieving the Perfect Blend of Fun, Rigor, and Learning
Episode 229: Why a Systematic Curriculum is the Key to Unlocking Student Potential
Monday Mindset: Your Circle
Episode 228: Transform Your Teaching and Supercharge Student Learning: Curriculum Organization is Key
Episode 227: Teach Everything You Need to in Less Time Without Sacrificing Your Sanity
Monday Mindset: Become Unstoppable
Episode 226: 9 Reasons Engagement Should be a Top Priority in Your Classroom
Monday Mindset: Excuses
Episode 225: Part 2: An End of Year Activity Your Students Will Love: Create Your Own Escape Room
Monday Mindset: Changing Friends Is Okay
Episode 224: Part 1: An End of Year Activity Your Students Will Love: Create Your Own Escape Room
Monday Mindset: The Journey
Episode 223: Use this Game to Help Students Master Commonly Confused Words
Monday Mindset: Victim
Episode 222: Music: An Easy Way to Guarantee Student Engagement
Monday Mindset: Creating Evidence for Yourself
Two Easy Review Games to Play with Students - 221
Monday Mindset: Anxiety is a Meteor Shower of What-ifs
Why Genius Hour is a Middle School "Must Try" Project - 220
Monday Mindset: Normal Nervous
Fun Research Project: The Year I was Born - 219
Monday Mindset: What’s Hard Now is Easy Later
Visual Essays: A Writing Assignment Your Students will Actually Like - 218
Monday Mindset: Rejection is Protection
Two-Voice Poetry (You're Going to Want to Try This!) - 217
Monday Mindset: Our Thoughts
Bonus Episode: Write Sample Essays with Chat GPT
Hook Your Students with Interactive Poetry Analysis - 216
Monday Mindset: Margin for Miracles
Bonus Episode: Create Essential Questions with Chat GPT
March Madness Poetry Brackets - 215
Monday Mindset: Never Question the Decision
Bonus Episode: Quality Discussion Questions with Chat GPT
Rethinking Poetry: A Fresh Perspective for Engaging Students - 214
Monday Mindset: Learning in a State of Positive Emotion
Expert Tips for Getting Your Students to Ace their Multiple Choice Tests - 213
Monday Mindset: Overcoming Self-Doubt
Boost Your Students’ Test Scores with this One Activity - 212
Monday Mindset: Protecting Your Energy
Writing Workshops- Are They Really Effective Part 2 - 211
Monday Mindset: Whether You Think You Can ... You're Probably Right
Writing Workshops - Are They Really Effective? Part 1 - 210
Monday Mindset: Moving Forward Despite Fear
The BEST Tip for Engaging Reluctant Readers - 209
Inspiration to Others
Bonus Episode: Inclusion & Paraprofessionals: How to Create the Magic
3 Activities to Master the Speaking and Listening Standards - 208
Monday Mindset: Accepting Honesty
Using Podcasts to Cover the Speaking and Listening Standards - 207
Monday Mindset: Receiving vs. Going After it
3 Ways to Play One ELA Game - 206
Monday Mindset: Feeling Unmotivated
Engaging Activities to Add to Short Story Units - 205
Monday Mindset: Decision Making
BONUS Episode: Best Unit for After Winter Break
Monday Mindset: Seasons
BONUS Episode: Please Stop Staying at School Past Your Contracted Hours
Monday Mindset: Discipline
BONUS Episode: Excerpt from The Empowered ELA Teacher All About Mindset and Planning
Monday Mindset: Read More
BONUS Episode: 3 Steps to Start Batch Planning Now
Monday Mindset: Radical Generosity
Actually Using Writing Conferences that Work w/ Chad - 204
Monday Mindset: Quiet Quitting
Set Yourself Up for Success During the Holiday Season - 203
Monday Mindset: This is Our Ultimate Responsibility
What to do When Your Lesson Fails - 202
Monday Mindset: Be About It
Publishing Parties: A Critical Part of Your Writing Unit (That is Often Overlooked) - 201
Monday Mindset: Compassionate Emptiness
Are Your Students Ready to Move Beyond the RACE Writing Formula? - 200
Monday Mindset: A+ player
How Constricting Your Time Can Actually Increase Creativity with Neill Williams - 199
Monday Mindset: Comparison
The No-Prep Halloween Activity Your Students Will Love! - 198
Monday Mindset: It's Not Whether You Win or Lose
3 Low-Prep Ideas to Create Defining Moments in Your ELA Class - 197
Monday Mindset: This Is Our Ultimate Responsibility
Are You Making This Mistake With Your Students Writing Samples? - 196
Monday Mindset: Celebrating Wins
What Can We Learn From a Kindergarten Teacher With Holly Hodges - 195
Monday Mindset: Your Non-Negotiables
Literature Circles are Pointless Unless You’re Doing These 3 Things - 194
Monday Mindset: Vulnerability
Schools Need to Be More Like Sports - 193
Monday Mindset: Lessons Learned
Sub Plans That Are So Good, Even the Science Teacher Can Rock Them - 192
Monday Mindset: Both/And
10 Rinse and Repeat Activities for Any Novel - 191
Monday Mindset: Personal Responsibility
How You Can Implement Social Emotional Learning (SEL) This Year - Monica Genta - 190
Monday Mindset: What's in the Gap?
The Only Vocabulary System You’ll Ever Want to Use - 189
Monday Mindset: Commitment to Being
Build Classroom Culture with These 3 Activities - 188
Monday Mindset: Courage
The Back to School Activity That Pays Off All Year Long - 187
Monday Mindset: Creating Moments
The Masks We Wear – Ashanti Branch from Branch Speaks - 186
BONUS EPISODE: Why Literary Analysis is the Most Important Type of Writing
3 Things ALL Great Writing Teachers Already Do - 185
BONUS EPISODE: The Best Way to Spiral Your Writing Lessons to Ensure Mastery
Invisible Scripts Are Making Teaching Harder Than It Needs to Be - 184
BONUS EPISODE: 3 Things All Great Writing Teachers Do
Teaching Writing is a Waste of Time (Unless You Do This...) - 183
Work-Life Balance Is Completely Twisted (What You Should Really Focus On) - 182
BONUS EPISODE: Episode 62: Three Tips to Start Batch Planning Your Lessons Now
Nailing Down Your Novel Units for the School Year - 181
BONUS EPISODE: Episode 102: Move Past Overwhelm and Start Batch Lesson Planning TODAY
The Flipped Classroom in a Post-Pandemic World with Mandy Rice - 180
BONUS EPISODE: Episode 125: Why You Should Batch Plan at the Beginning of Summer
Behind the Scenes of Batch Planning Live (Dropping the Juicy Details Here!) - 179
Could Becoming a Happier Teacher Be as Easy as This? - 178
What It Takes to Create the Teaching Life You Dream Of - 177
What the Copy Machine Has to Do with Your Success as a Teacher - 176
Episode 175: Filling in the Gaps (When Some Students Are Ready for Essays and Some Struggle with Sentences) - 175
The Collaborative Classroom w/ Trevor Muir - 174
A Fun End-of-Year Activity You’ll Want to Do (A Literature Parade) - 173
Anticipation Stations: Your New Go-To Pre-Reading Activity - 172
Why You Can't Get Anything Done! - 171
Why Empowered Teachers Make Room for White Space - 170
Secrets to Leaving School When the Bell Rings - 169
Hexagonal Thinking with Betsy Potash - 168
Fun Grammar Review for Any Topic - 167
2 Ways to Differentiate Your ELA Lessons with Little Effort but Big Impact - 166
The Best Way to Spiral Your Writing Lessons to Ensure Mastery - 165
Holistic Health Coaching with Guest Kara Rubino - 164
Determining Which ELA Activities Make the Cut - 163
Get Your Students Crushing Standardized Tests (Without Teaching to the Test) - 162
Keeping the Wonder in ELA with Jenna Copper and Abby Gross - 161
5 Ways to Repurpose One Lesson (and Save Time Planning) - 160
The Two Game-Changing Sentences That Will Instantly Improve Your Students’ Essays - 159
Using Mock Trials to Help Your Students Master the Standards and Have Fun - 158
Teaching Social Justice in the Middle School Classroom with Megan from Too Cool for Middle School - 157
BONUS: The Empowered ELA Teacher Excerpt Chapter 1: The Mindset Shift
The Perfect Unit For After Winter Break - 156
Four Strategies for Getting Your Kids Engaged in Independent Reading - 155
Inclusively Teaching Holidays Around the World with Joe and Quyen from Top Floor Teachers -154
Why I Do Not Use Reading Logs -- With Melissa Kruse - 153
Silent Debates: Your New Favorite Discussion Activity - 152
5 Little-Known Strategies to Avoid Teacher Burnout - 151
Making the Most of Your Bell Ringers So Students Master the Standards - 150
A 3-Step Strategy to Creating the Perfect Essential Questions for Your Literature Unit - 149
Running Small Groups More Effectively - 148
The Easy Halloween Activity You’ll Want to Do With Your Students Tomorrow - 147
Hook Students With Engaging Lessons at the Start of Any Unit - 146
(Please) Stop Staying at School Past Your Contracted Hours - 145
The Most Effective Way to Teach Grammar - 144
Your Academic Vocabulary Ecosystem - 143
Why Some Teachers Have That “X-Factor” - 142
Fitting It All In (No Matter How Long or Short Your Class Periods Are) - 141
Get a Grasp on Your Grading with These 3 Quick Ideas - 140
The Single Most Effective Classroom Management System - 139
Get Your Students Begging for More with This First Day of School Activity - 138
Re-Engaging Your Students Through Collaboration and Connection - 137
22 Questions to Ask Yourself to Thrive This School Year - 136
Working Less and Getting Better Results - 135
3 Things ALL Great Writing Teachers Already Do - 134
3 Things Writing Frameworks Do to Create Successful Writers - 133
Why Literary Analysis Is the Most Important Type of Writing - 132
Are You Still Teaching Writing This Way? Enough Already! - 131
Making Next Year Fun and Easy, Without Sacrificing Learning or Rigor - 130
Approaching Your Curriculum With a System, Not Just Lessons - 129
The 1 Thing You Need to Shave Hours Off Your Planning - 128
The Positive Effects of Finding the Perfect Mentor - 127
Finding Your Passion After a REALLY Hard Year - 126
Why You Should Batch Plan at the Beginning of Summer - 125
How to Organize Your Curriculum for Maximum Learning - 124
Creating Rigorous Lessons That Don’t Stress Your Students Out - 123
Thriving in the Classroom (When You’re Just Trying to Survive) - 122
Covering the Same Amount of Content in Less Time Without Burning Yourself (or Your Students!) Out - 121
Three Ways This Rockstar Teacher Delivers Engagement in the Classroom with Monica Genta - 120
Why You Don't Need to Teach to the Test - 119
One Teacher’s Thoughts About Writer’s Workshop - 118
Confessions of a Principal - 117
A Creative & Engaging Way to Assess Students at the End of Your Poetry Unit - 116
How to Combine Poetry and Research to Push Your Students’ Reading and Writing Skills - 115
Stations Are the Key to Getting Your Students to Enjoy Poetry - 114
How to Make One-Pagers Rigorous and Meaningful - 113
Are Your Assessments REALLY Assessing the Standards? - 112
Our Favorite Activities to Help Students Master ELA Standards - 111
Are You Making This Mistake At the Beginning of Your Units? - 110
How to Meaningfully Celebrate Women’s History Month in an ELA Classroom - 109
Why Your Writing Units Aren’t Giving Your Students the Results You Want (and What You Can Do About it) - 108
Finding Your Teacher Community Will Make You a Better Educator - 107
How to Actually Get Students Excited at the Beginning of a Writing Unit - 106
How to Channel Students' Valentine's Day Energy and Excitement Into Great Writing - 105
A Reluctant Batch Planner Shares Her Success Story - 104
Our Favorite F Word In the Classroom - 103
Move Past Overwhelm and Start Batch Lesson Planning TODAY - 102
How to Protect Your Peace in 2021 - 101
Celebrating Our 100th Episode With Stories From Our EB Teachers - 100
Is Your Narrative Unit Really Improving Students’ Writing Skills? - 099
Why Being a “Perfect” Teacher Isn’t What Your Students Need - 098
How One Writing Teacher Got Her Life Outside of School Back - 097
How Empowered Educators Find Solutions Instead of Setbacks - 096
A Life-Saving Holiday Activity That Will Get you To Winter Break - 095
Playing to Win Matters More Than Curriculum - 094
Empowered Educators Know the Power of Baby Steps - 093
How to Make Every Lesson a Success With the Daily Plan That Caitlin and Jessica Swear By - 092
Why Taking the Time to Reignite Your Passion for Teaching Will Make You More Effective - 091
The Difference Between a Good and a GREAT Lesson Plan - 090
3 Reasons to Prioritize Grammar Instruction Now - 089
How to Cut Your Time Spent Grading Essays in Half - 088
A Mini Narrative Writing Activity To Spiral Into Your Curriculum - 087
The Real Reason Lesson Planning is Taking Too Long - 086
Teachers Who Use Engaging Lessons Get the Best Results for Their Students - 085
What's Preventing You From Having Your Best School Year Yet - 084
Shake the Dirt Interview with Michael Arterberry - 083
3 Easy Ways to Keep Your Students Engaged Remotely - 082
More Quick and Easy Tips to Get Your Students Mastering the Writing Standards - 081
Quick and Easy Tips to Get Your Students Mastering the Writing Standards - 080
4 Things The Bachelor Can Teach You About Creating Engaging Lessons - 079
4 Easy Tips for Leaving Meaningful Digital Feedback with Shana Ramin of Hello Teacher Lady - 078
How to Differentiate Your Writing Instruction Without Any Extra Work! - 077
How We Cut Our Stress Levels in HALF During the School Year - 076
How Breaking the Rules Just Might Improve Test Scores - 075
What Can Beverly Hills 90210 Teach Us About Improving Students’ Success in Writing? - 074
Are You Still Teaching Writing This Way? Enough Already! - 073
A Clear Timeline for Spiraling Narrative Writing Throughout the Year - 072
Does Narrative Writing Have Middle Child Syndrome? - 071
A Counterintuitive Tip to Uplevel Your Narrative Writing - 070
An A-ha Moment from a One-Room Schoolhouse That Will Change the Way You Teach Narratives - 069
Why You Have to Throw a Publishing Party - 068
Two Changes to Make Right Now for Teaching Narrative Writing - 067
Why Our Way of Teaching Narratives Gets Results - 066
We're Celebrating Our Birthdays! A Get-to-Know-Us Episode - 065
A Special Narrative Writing Project For The End of The Year - 064
The 6 Must-Do Habits of a Kick-Butt Lesson Planner - 063
Three Tips to Start Batch Planning Your Lessons Now - 062
Breaking Curriculum Traditions with Amanda and Marie - 061
Where Do We Go From Here? - 060
Why You Need to Bring Creativity in the Classroom with David Rickert - 059
The Power In Classroom Libraries with Kristy from 2 Peas and a Dog - 058
Essential Tips to CRUSH Your Teaching Interview - 057
Engaging Grammar Ideas with Lauralee Moss from Language Arts Classroom - 056
Help Eliminate Classroom Behavior Problems with This Easy and Engaging Activity - 055
Case Study with Chelsey Cabarrubias - 054
The Best Way to Start and End Your ELA Class - 053
Case Study with Alexa Borota - 052
Surviving Valentine's Day in Middle School - 051
EB Teachers' Club Case Study with Monica Jayasinghe - 050
How to Shave Off Time Spent Lesson Planning - 049
Are You Someone's Ms. Neilan? - 048
Why Rigorous Lessons Are Not Enough - 047
Let's Have More Fun in the Classroom, Shall We?! - 046
Is It Good Teaching Practice to Use Sentence Starters? - 045
Your Limiting Beliefs Are Holding You Back - 044
Two Big Decisions I Wish I Had Made Sooner and Why You Should Make Them Now - 043
BONUS Episode: From Elementary to Middle School Writing - 042
How TAG and the EBW Approach Changed Everything for One Teacher - 041
BONUS Episode: Case Study with Amy Cawthon
Growing as a Teacher During Your First Years - 039
How One Teacher Stepped Into the Mindset of What's Possible - 038
Caitlin and Jessica: Our Teaching Stories - 037
Why Student Writing Sometimes Sucks and What We Can Do About It - 036
A Common Mistake You Might Be Making - 035
Mini Literary Analysis Writing PD - Eliminate Writer's Block - 034
Mini Literary Analysis Writing PD: Hooking Your Students - 033
Picture Books in Middle School ELA with Jenna from Doc Cop Teaching - 032
Making Vocabulary Meaningful with Melissa from Reading and Writing Haven - 031
A Look Inside Another Teacher's Classroom with Ashli Cassidy - 030
Bringing Podcasts into Your Classroom with Ashley from Building Book Love - 029
Simple Steps for a Better Year: Mindfulness with Kailey from Educalme - 028
Games in ELA: Part 2 of 2 - 027
Games in ELA: Part 1 of 2 - 026
Easy Lunch Ideas - 025
Incorporating Informational Text in Easy and Meaningful Ways - 024
First Day of School Activities - 023
23 Pieces of Advice for the First Year Teacher - 022
Make the Most of the TpT Sitewide Sale - 021
3 Simple and Easy Classroom Organization Habits - 020
Habits You Can Form Now to Build Classroom Community - 019
The Benefits of Using a Writing Framework - 018
Elevate Your First Chapter Fridays - 017
The Instagram Classroom - 016
Why We Left the Classroom - 015
Actionable Lesson Planning Strategies - 014
How to Create Bell Ringers that Work - 013
How I Completely Changed My Summer Reading Assignment - 012
A Counterintuitive Tip to Uplevel Your Narrative Writing - 011
Surviving the End of the Year - 010
Classroom Environment with Holly Hodges from Research and Play - 009
9 Best Short Stories to Teach - 008
Mindfulness for YOU - 007
Easy Way to Keep Students Engaged through the End of the Year - 006
The Problem With One-Pager Assignments - 005
4 Powerful Results from Using a Clear Writing Framework
Constructive Criticism: How to Change Your Mindset and Be Open to Feedback - 003
How to Overcome 3 Writing Mistakes You Might be Making - 002
3 Simple Ways to Create Student Buy In - 001