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In this secret one-hour podcast, you will discover:

• The Real Reason You Feel Stressed Out This Time of Year 
• The Sneaky Trick to Planning Your Last 10 Days of School 
• The Quickest Way to Prep Your End of the Year Celebration 
• The Single Most Important Thing to Do Before the End of the Year 
• The TRUTH About End of the Year Assessments
• What Admin Doesn't Tell You About End of the Year Procedures
• How to Say Goodbye without Sobbing for Days
• How to Organize So That the Next Year Starts Smoothly

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I have a special treat for us in this episode!  I brought the entire team of our monthly Social Studies units in to chat!  That’s right the entire team is here to talk about everything Social Studies! Hear about why these units came to be…as well as other topics like what is included in this resource? How do we teach it?  Why we should be teaching social studies and so much more, then this is the episode for you!  

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Social Studies - Community and Citizenship 

Social Studies - Needs and Wants

Social Studies - Past and Present

Forming a community I think is one of every teacher’s goals within their classrooms.  Community begins a level of trust and rapport building among you and your students as well as student to student.  Relationships are nurtured, students begin to take risks and open up both emotionally and academically.  However, this doesn’t happen overnight. The topic of community is also typically the beginning steps of a social studies curriculum.   Are you looking for ways to teach community and citizenship to your primary students while instilling a sense of community within the classroom?  Well, you’re in luck because this episode is for you! 

For text, pictures and direct links provided throughout this episode.  Check out our corresponding blog: https://educationtothecore.com/2022/08/teaching-community-citizenship-to-primary-students/  Grab your Premium Membership here! Resources Highlight and Links from Podcast:

Social Studies Unit

Community and Citizenship

 Editable Names

Morning Meeting Slides 

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

Back to School Toolkit

Fearless Kindergarten Teachers

Fearless First Grade Teachers

Fearless Second Grade Teachers

Education to the Core on Instagram

Are you ready to take care of yourself this school year?  Yes, that may involve some mental health days.  However, are you worried about the time required to create all of those sub-plans?!?  Stop right there because I am about to share Sarah Cason’s “Prepping for a Sub in 15 Minutes or Less”. Yes, you heard that correctly…only 15 minutes!  So if you are looking for a resource that will de-stress, save time and ensure a true mental health day then this is the episode for you!  

For text, pictures and direct links provided throughout this episode.  Check out our corresponding blog: https://educationtothecore.com/2022/08/6-activities-to-build-listening-comprehension/  Grab your Premium Membership here! Resources Highlight and Links from Podcast:

Emergency Substitute Plans

Transformation Station

Editable Spelling Activities

I Spy Phonics

Color By Number

Do you feel that your students need some additional practice in their listening skills?   Haha… I know right?  Who doesn’t?!?  Some students may struggle with listening and focusing on a speaker while understanding and comprehending what they heard. Perhaps that student isn’t a true behavior problem, they just didn’t hear your directives. Suzanne Kelley has some great ideas for you!  Are you Looking for some great ideas to build listening comprehension this school year? This is the episode for you! 

For text, pictures and direct links provided throughout this episode.  Check out our corresponding blog: https://educationtothecore.com/2022/08/6-activities-to-build-listening-comprehension/ 

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Resources Highlight and Links from Podcast:

Listen and Color

Kindergarten Monthly Packets

First Grade Monthly Packets

First Grade Literacy Centers

Second Grade Literacy Centers

No Prep Monthly Mini-Books

Phonics Based Poems with Comprehension

I Have, Who Has Resource

Blogs:

30 Reading Comprehension Activities for K/1

Digital Reading Comprehension Activities for Primary Students

18 Elementary Comprehension Activities

Facebook Groups: Fearless First Grade Teachers Facebook Group, Fearless Kindergarten Teachers Group, Fearless Second Grade Group

Are you ready for the upcoming school year?  How about are you prepared for the area of Math yet?!  Ha, me neither!  However, don’t worry because Education to the Core is planning for you with these 20 Math Activities to Start the New School Year! Looking for some new and fun Math activities to sprinkle throughout this upcoming school year? This is the episode for you!

For text, pictures and direct links provided throughout this episode.  Check out our corresponding blog: https://educationtothecore.com/2022/07/20-math-activities-to-start-the-new-school-year/ 

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Resources Highlight and Links from Podcast:

Math Warm-Ups

Math Centers

Math Focus Wall

Addition Color By Number Addition Story Problems 2-Digit Addition Practice Doubles Dominoes I Spy Addition Subtracting Zero Subtraction 0-20 File Folder Race I Spy Math – Subtraction 0-10 Subtracting Two (0-10) Place Value Review – Time Clip Cards Data and Graphing Comparing Numbers 2D or 3D Shape

Blogs Mentioned:

Math Read Alouds and No Prep Math Activities

Facebook Community of Fearless Second Grade, Fearless First Grade, or Fearless Kindergarten groups

Teaching Tiny Humans email course

Are you ready for the upcoming school year?  Yeah, me either!  However, Education to the Core has your back because In this episode, I will be sharing Janessa Fletcher’s 17 Tips to Start the School Year Off Right.  If you are wondering what are some things you can do now to prep for the upcoming school year, but still enjoy the rest of your summer vacation? Then this is the episode for you!  

For text, pictures and direct links provided throughout this episode.  Check out our corresponding blog: https://educationtothecore.com/2022/06/17-tips-to-start-the-school-year-off-right/

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Resources Highlight and Links from Podcast:

Kindergarten Fearless Facebook Group

First Grade Fearless Facebook Group

Second Grade Fearless Facebook Group

Math Centers

ELA Centers

Back to School Toolkit

Teaching Tiny Humans Free Email Course

Sound Wall

Morning Meeting Digital Slides

Editable Sub Binder

CORE Binder

Professional Development Series: 

Beyond the Running Record

Have you Heard? Sound Walls are the Word

Small Groups… Big Impact!

 

Are you ready for Back to School or Meet the Teacher Night?!?  It will be here before we know it and I need some tips for this upcoming school year!  Thanks to Janessa Fletcher because I am about to share her blog on 17 Tips to Meet the Teacher Night! Looking for some new and fun activities for this special occasion? This is the episode for you!  

For text, pictures and direct links provided throughout this episode.  Check out our corresponding blog: https://educationtothecore.com/2021/08/17-tips-for-meet-the-teacher-night/

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Resources Highlight and Links from Podcast:

Meet the Teacher Scavenger Hunt

First Day of School Signs

Back to School Toolkit

I Spy Phonics

I Spy Early Literacy

I Spy Math

Back to School Craft

"All About Me” Letter

“All About Me” page

CORE Binder

In this literary episode, I will be sharing Janessa Fletcher’s 25 Must-Reads for Teachers This Summer.  I feel personally that teachers are more likely to dust off those books we’ve been waiting all year to read.  Whether your lying by the pool, on the beach or just curled up with your pets on the couch.  If you are looking for some excellent titles and reads this summer, then this is the episode for you.  Then this is the episode for you!

For text, pictures and direct links provided throughout this episode.  Check out our corresponding blog: https://educationtothecore.com/2021/06/25-must-reads-for-teachers-this-summer/

In this much needed episode, I will be sharing Suzanne Kelley’s 30 Ways for Teachers to Recover This Summer. I can be a little honest with you right now… I’m exhausted.  Professionally, personally, the end of the year got to me hardcore, so I need some ideas to recover.  Even if you feel you are in a good space and place right now, everyone deserves the opportunity to take some time for themselves and do the things that they enjoy!  Looking for some ideas to recover this summer?  Then this is the episode for you!

For text, pictures and direct links provided throughout this episode.  Check out our corresponding blog: https://educationtothecore.com/2022/05/30-ways-for-teachers-to-recover-this-summer/