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It’s time to start getting ready for back-to-school season!

I want to talk about what it means to get your classroom back-to-school ready and how to make it manageable and realistic in the time you have. I know that you don’t want to spend half of August prepping for September, so I want to help you make it simple. 

We’re talking about things like arranging your space, decorating without going over the top, making resources accessible, and so much more. 

What do you do to get your classroom ready for a new school year? If you need some ideas, tune in to this episode. 

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Have you ever heard me talking about spiraled math instruction and wondered what it would actually look like in your classroom?

In this episode, I’m answering your questions about spiraled math and teaching you how to do it the right way. If you’re new to spiraled instruction, it might seem like you have a lot of work ahead of you, but it’s actually very simple when you know exactly what you need to do. 

I’m talking about what spiraling is, why you would want to spiral your math instruction, and what it looks like in the classroom. I’m sharing ideas to help you get started and a resource you can use to make it even easier. 

If you’ve been wondering how to spiral your math instruction, I think you’ll find this episode a great place to start. 

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Do you like a lot of structure in your classroom, or do you prefer to hand the responsibilities over to your students?

The great thing about math centers is that you get to choose what learning looks like in your classroom.

That’s right, in this episode, we’re continuing the discussion about math centers.

I’m explaining why I love centers so much for math and teaching you two important aspects of planning centers: how to rotate your students through different activities and how to group your students.

It all comes down to choosing structured vs. open rotations and fixed groupings vs. flexible groupings. I’m giving you 4 different ways to run your centers using these options and explaining when and why you might use each one.

If you want to create more flexibility in your classroom, this is for you. 

 

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Have you been wondering how to get started with your math centers?

This is a quick and simple episode breaking down everything you need to know about math centers and what activities to include in them. 

I get a lot of questions about how to run math centers, what goes into each center, and what they look like in the classroom, so I’m here to answer all those questions in one place. 

I love using centers for math not only because they are fun and engaging, but because they allow me to spend time on guided math instruction. I hope that some of my enthusiasm for math centers rubs off on you and that by the end of this episode, you love them as much as I do!

Tune in, so we can figure out how to make math centers work in your classroom together!

 

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Are you starting to get ready for summer vacation?

Before you get into full vacation mode to enjoy some well-deserved rest and relaxation, it’s a good idea to take the last few weeks of the school year to get prepped for next year. Trust me, it’s going to save you a lot of stress over the summer, especially when the back-to-school season comes around. 

In this episode, I’m sharing my tips to prep for the next school year during the last few weeks before the summer. 

You’d be surprised how much you can get planned and ready right now while you’re still in the classroom surrounded by resources and colleagues. I promise that the work you do now will pay off in September. You’ll be thanking yourself when you can enjoy a few more weeks of relaxation while everyone else is scrambling to get things together for the school year. 

Tune in to find out what you can do now to make sure you actually enjoy your summer. 

 

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How are you going to get everything covered in the time that you have left in the school year? If that’s the question you're asking yourself right now, you’re going to want to catch this episode because I’m sharing the strategies I use to make sure I’m covering everything leftover in the subjects that I’ve fallen short on throughout the year. 

I want to help you do each subject justice while still getting through the content in a reasonable way, so you’ll find out what to ditch and what to combine to make sure all the important things are covered by the end of the year.

I also shared how to plan your entire year in advance so that you never again find yourself stressed out about cramming everything in at the end of the year, so take a deep breath and tune in to get some help finishing up your school year. 

 

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Do you want to use math centers in your classroom but you don’t know where to start?

 

Maybe you’re worried that your kids aren’t going to work independently or you don’t know when you’ll find time to plan and prep math centers when you’re already so busy. Well, I have a solution for you.

 

This episode is all about the 4 different math centers that you can use in your classroom. I’m making math centers simple so that you don’t have to worry. If you want math to be engaging and hands-on while still covering the curriculum and teaching your kids everything they need to know, look no further. 

 

If you’ve been wondering how to get started with math centers, this is for you! 

 

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Is it time for a math test in your classroom? How do you make sure that your test accurately reflects what your students know? It can be hard to know if you’re asking the right types of questions, marking accurately, and assessing the content that you actually want to be assessing. This can lead to all kinds of problems with tests.  Anyone can write a test, but as teachers, it’s our job to make sure that tests are accurately measuring student achievement.  I’ve spent a lot of time agonizing over what questions to put in a test, how to weigh a test, and how to score a test, and I want to share my results with you so that you don’t have to agonize over your tests too. 

If you’re ready to switch up your test-planning process to make sure your students are getting the scores they deserve, tune in to this episode. 

 

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What if I told you that you didn’t need to have so many math tests? There are other things you can do to effectively assess your students and generate marks for their report cards without overburdening yourself with marking to take home. 

I’m sharing the methods you can use to assess your students without giving them endless tests and creating more work for you. These methods are going to give you more reliable results that accurately reflect how your students are performing, and they will allow you to assess your students more frequently so that you always know where they’re at with the material.

If you’re not utilizing things like guided sessions, math warm-ups, and math journals, then you’re probably spending a lot more time writing and marking tests than you need to be. 

Are you ready to ditch the tests? This is for you.

 

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If you simplify the work you give your students because it’s too hard, are you accommodating, or are you modifying?  

Your students have been through a lot when it comes to learning during the pandemic, and of course, you want to support your students who have gaps in their learning, but it’s important that you’re not modifying the program that they need to be on now.   

This episode is about how to make sure you’re not modifying and oversimplifying tasks to meet your students where they are but instead are accommodating to help them reach where they need to be.   

There’s a fine line between accommodating and modifying and I want to help you identify that and stick to it. I believe in you and your students, and I know that you’re going to get exactly where you need to be by the end of the year.

If you're feeling the urge to simplify your students’ work to make it easier for them, stop and listen to this episode first!   

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