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 crea…
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 …
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 res…
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 mentio…
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 Tem…
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 p…
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 get…
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 …
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 e…
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 seve…