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Phonics and Phonemic Awareness
Listen Part Two of our Four-Part Series: Helping Students Improve Their Reading at Any Age *A Note on Numbers We say there are “44ish” phonemes. The number varies due to differences in dialect or the way we speak. Some people count the harder, whispered /th/ sound in “thorn” and...
Tips for Transitioning to Social-Emotional-Friendly Behavioral Management for Elementary Classrooms
Listen With the increased focus on socio-emotional learning and trauma-informed practices, many of us are changing some of our strategies in the classroom. The problem some teachers are having, though, is the inability to trade one strategy in for an equally workable strategy when transitioning. This all-or-nothing attitude makes...
7 Questions With Meagan Wilson
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hello. My name is Megan Wilson. I'm an eighth grade math teacher at Buoy junior high in Buoy Texas. I've been at this campus for four years. I have been teaching for 15 years." Why did you start a career in...
What Do We Do About Cell Phones in School?
Listen Contrary to what some may say, never before in the history of the world has the human population been more literate. People of all cultural, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds are reading and writing more than ever before. This reading and writing may not look like what literacy has...
7 Questions With Jayme Roper
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, my name is Jayme, Mrs Roper. I teach at Western Heights Miiddle School, eighth grade career exploration and some of the ninth grade year yearbook. We are located in the central part of Oklahoma City and I've been here for...
3 Tips for Working with an Assistant
Listen In November, we said in this blog post that support staff (which also go by the titles paraprofessionals, para-educators, or teaching assistants, to name a few - and we’ll use them interchangeably) comprise one of the most underutilized resources in education. One of the main reasons we’ve found this...
7 Questions With Kristine Conover
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, my name is Kristine Conover and I teach English language arts at Nowlin middle school in Independence, Missouri. And this is my first year teaching at this particular school. I have taught Spanish to middle school students in the past. Um,...
7 Questions With Lindsay McNatt
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, I'm Lindsay McNatt. I'm a fourth grade math science and social studies teacher at Samuels elementary in Denver, Colorado. This is my first year at Samuel's, but I have been a teacher in Denver public schools for the past 15 years."...
7 Questions With Anna Cossairt
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hello. My name is Anna Cossairt and I am a library media specialist at Park Elementary in Three Rivers, Michigan. This is my sixth year with the district. My second year in my current position." Why did you start a career...
7 Questions With Amy Owen
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, my name is Amy Owen. I am at Crescent Heights Language Arts, Social Justice Magnet School in Los Angeles, California. I am a second and third grade teacher and uh, I have been there since 2010 but I've been with the...
7 Questions With Ben Beitzel
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hi, my name is Ben Beitzel. I'm a grace, a social ed teacher at Grace Stone middle school in Loganville, Georgia. I've been there five years. I'm the social studies curriculum lead and it's my fifth year teaching." If you could...
7 Questions With Jennifer Fuller
Listen Watch Can you tell us about yourself? "Hello. My name is Jennifer Fuller and I work at Coolidge Elementary School in Lansing, Illinois. I am the learning resource director, which means I'm in charge of the library as well as the technology for the school. Um, I have been...