Season 10
April 29, 2025
Finish Strong-ish Cultivating Classroom Community at the End of the Year
In this episode: I talk about the what, why and how of maintaining the community that you’ve worked hard to cultivate all year long. We talk about: 1.What it means to cultivate community. 2. Why cultivating community during o...
April 23, 2025
Fisnish Strong-ish How to Keep Literacy Learning Front and Center at the End of the Year
In this episode: I talk about the what, why and how of keeping literacy learning front and center at the end of the school year. We talk about: 1.What does it mean to keep learning front and center. 2. Why keeping learning f...
April 15, 2025
Finish the Year Strong-ish Making a Plan for your M.S.O.- Motivation, Self-Care and Organization
In this episode: I talk about the what, why and how of leveraging the behind the scenes of being an upper elementary reading teacher to help you end the year strong-ish. We talk about: 1.What is the behind the scenes of teach...
April 8, 2025
Finish Strong-ish Permission to edit your vision
In this episode: I talk about the what, why and how of casting a vision that will help you finish the year strong-ish We talk about: 1.What it means to cast a realistic vision for the end of the school year in your upper elem...
April 1, 2025
Compare and Contrast Mini-Series: The What, The Why and The How of Comparing and Contrasting
In this episode: Listen in as we talk about what the research says about the What, the Why and the How that finding similarities and differences across texts plays in their reading lives. We talk about: Listen to the final ep...
March 18, 2025
Compare and Contrast Series: The What, The Why and The How of Comparing
In this episode: Listen in as we talk about what the research says about the What, the Why and the How of making comparisons in your upper elementary literacy classroom We talk about: Listen to the first episode in our compar...
Feb. 27, 2025
Helping students internalize what you've taught them
In this episode: Listen in as we talk about what the research says about the role modeling plays in increasing a student’s self-efficacy and self-regulation. This is a sneak peek at a workshop all about teaching students how ...
Feb. 12, 2025
Teaching for Transfer: What is modeling and why does it matter in your literacy classroom?
In this episode: Listen in as we talk about what the research says about the importance of modeling in your literacy classroom. We talk about: What modeling is, what the research says about it and how you can impact it so tha...
Jan. 29, 2025
Teaching for Transfer: What is self regulation and why does it matter in our literacy classroom?
In this episode: Listen in as we talk about what the research says about self-regulation, why it matters and how it impacts students in your classroom. We talk about: What self-regulation is, what the research says about it a...
Jan. 15, 2025
Teaching for Transfer: Self-Efficacy and Upper Elementary Literacy
In this episode: Listen in as we talk about self-efficacy and how it impacts your upper elementary literacy classroom. We talk about: What self-efficacy, why knowing what it is matters in your literacy classroom and how to he...