Season 2
Dec. 9, 2021
3 Tips for Keeping Upper Elementary Students Reading Over Winter Break
Listen in as: I give you 3 steps for keeping your students reading over the winter break. I talk about: Creating a culture of reading, no it’s not too late. I also talk about how to use easy to do activities to help you creat...
Dec. 9, 2021
4 Steps for Prepping Yourself For Winter Break
Listen in as: I give you actionable ideas that you can use to get yourself ready to truly enjoy your winter break. I talk about: The things you need to do to start your break off right, why it’s important to think about how y...
Nov. 16, 2021
Launching Reading Response the Right Way in Upper Elementary
Listen in as: I give you actionable ideas that you can use to launch reading response opportunities the right way. I talk about: My love/hate relationship with reading response activities The right reasons to use reading resp...
Nov. 10, 2021
Keeping Kids Accountable During Independent Reading in Upper Elementary
Listen in as: I give you actionable ideas that you can use to keep students accountable during independent reading. I talk about: Creating a culture of reading Using Stop and Jot And …. So much more Links to resources mention...
Oct. 28, 2021
Tips for Crafting a Virtual or In Person Mini Lesson
Listen in as: I give you tangible actions steps for crafting a virtual and/or in person mini lesson. You are going to want to grab your notes app for this episode. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Mini Lesson Temp...
Oct. 21, 2021
Mini Lesson Do's and Dont's/Coming Back from a Mini Lesson Bust
Listen in as I break down my top mini lesson Do’s and Dont’s. I also tackle how to come back from a mini lesson bust, because guess what no matter how much we prepare not every single lesson will land. Don’t worry I got you. ...
Oct. 14, 2021
What is a Mini Lesson Anyway?
Listen in as I break down the components of a mini lesson and share what I think the point and purpose of a mini lesson is. Tune in to hear how I used to do it and how I changed my ways. Links to resources mentioned in the po...
Oct. 7, 2021
Three Must Have Books For Launching Your Upper Elementary Reading Block
Reader’s workshop has been around for a long time, which means that there are a lot of books out there. This can be good and it can also be overwhelming. That’s where I come in. Listen as I break down: My top 3 books for gett...
Sept. 23, 2021
Launching Independent Reading in Upper Elementary
In this episode we are going to talk about all things independent reading. Take a sneak peak at my workshop that talks about all things launching independent reading so that you launch your readers workshop right. Listen as I...
Sept. 16, 2021
Beginning of the Year Goal Setting: Upper Elementary Student Edition
In the last episode we talked all about setting goals for yourself as the teacher of your reading block. We talked about my 7 step approach to setting goals that stick and how to use those goals to craft a PD plan. In this ep...
Sept. 9, 2021
Beginning of the Year Goal Setting: Upper Elementary Teacher Edition
In this episode- Learn how to set goals for yourself as the chief visionary for your reading classroom. Learn my seven step approach to crafting a goal that helps you create your PD plan for the year. I walk you through sever...