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Do you hate marking? Yeah, me too.    Marking is a constant struggle. It’s so time-consuming that we feel like the only way to get it all done is to take it home, but when we take it home we either leave it in a bag and forget about it, or we ditch our time with friends and family and spend our time working unpaid. Does that sound familiar?   

This episode is about how to strategically plan time for marking and set up conditions that allow you to get it done in a less time-consuming way. 

I’m sharing 6 tried-and-true strategies that I use to reduce the amount of marking I take home. 

If you want to spend more of your time at home with friends and family rather than buried under a pile of marking, this is for you. 

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Do you consider yourself a lifelong learner? I feel like a lot of us get into teaching because we love to learn, and our guest on this episode is no exception. 

Celeste Kirsh is researching how teachers can learn new genres of writing. In this episode, she’s sharing some of her findings so far that could shake up the way we learn as writing teachers and how that relates to teaching middle school writing. 

Celeste understands the common obstacles that teachers face when it comes to teaching writing, and she believes in researching and finding better solutions. This episode is a great place for you to get inspired to learn more about your own teaching methods and new ways that you could approach teaching writing. If assessment is something that holds you back from trying new things in your writing classroom, she’s got you covered there too.  

Celeste Kirsh is a PhD student at The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto where she is studying critical literacies and writing instruction. She is a mother, a wife, a former middle school teacher, a runner, and a lover of words and hugs.

The way you teach writing is important. Tune in to find out how you could take your middle school writing classroom to the next level. 

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Listen to The Teaching Tomorrow Podcast: https://cohort21.com/teachingtomorrow/ 

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Have you ever been questioned about how you teach math or why you teach certain strategies? Most of us have. 

In this episode, I’m continuing the discussion about new math and why we teach so many different strategies to help kids solve number problems. 

I’m specifically walking you through different ways to teach division because division is often the most challenging. We’re looking at different strategies, why we use them, and what order I would teach them in. I’m giving you examples of each strategy so that you can see exactly how I would teach them in my classroom. 

To get the most out of this episode, you might want to check out the video that goes with it on the Madly Learning YouTube Channel. There you’ll be able to see the division problems that I’m explaining on the screen and follow along. 

If you could use some help understanding all the ways we teach division in new math, this is for you. 

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Have you ever questioned why you’re teaching so many different ways to do division and multiplication or even addition and subtraction?

Math these days requires us to teach a lot of different strategies for solving problems, and this can cause a lot of frustration to parents and teachers alike. I want to use this episode to explain why new math teaches kids so many different strategies and why I think it’s a good thing. 

The reality is that new math is not new. It teaches strategies that strong mathematicians have been using in their heads for a long time. However, it looks different from the way that we were taught math when we were younger. Most of us were taught that there’s one right way to solve each problem. Guess what? That’s why so many people think they're bad at math! 

This episode will help you understand the reasoning behind new math and teach you how to communicate with parents so that they can understand too. 

If you get frustrated by how many different math strategies you have to teach, this episode will help you out. 

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Have you ever wished that you could have your math program done for you so that you could spend more time with your students?

If so, Ignited Math is exactly what you need.

Ignited Math is a spiralled math program for those of you teaching grades 3-6 and following the Ontario math curriculum. 

In this episode, I’m introducing you to Ignited Math and giving you a brief walkthrough of all the things included in it. I’m sharing what you can expect from every single week of the program. 

If you’ve been thinking about signing up for Ignited Math but want to know more about it first, this is for you. 

If you already know you want to be the first in the door to start using the program, stay tuned to the end of this episode. 

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How do you assess your students in math? 

Some of the traditional methods of assessing math don’t give us the most accurate idea of a student’s abilities. Answers are often seen as black and white and right or wrong, but that doesn't tell the whole story of how a student has interpreted and worked through a question. 

In this episode, I’m talking about how to assess your students in math, use the four levels of the achievement chart with different math problems, do a summative assessment in math, and mark math in a way that accurately reflects your students’ abilities. 

I’m also sharing different examples as I go along to demonstrate each suggestion so that you can see how they would work in your classroom. 

If you’re looking for a better way to assess your students in math, this is for you. 

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In this episode, I’m sharing the components that I include in my math program to help me structure the program from beginning to end. 

There are four main components to my math program that I’m walking you through and I’m explaining each one and how they all fit together as we go along. 

Most of us are dealing with a mix of students who are confident in their math skills and those who feel like they aren’t good at math. With the right systems in place, your math program can work for all of them. 

If you want to create your best math program yet, this episode is for you. 

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Sign Up for the Ignited Math Waitlist: https://madlylearning.txfunnel.com/IMwaitlist

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Did your school board switch to Microsoft products or restrict your access to Google resources when working with students?   

In this episode, I’m walking you through how to use Microsoft products with some free online tools to help you create digital resources for your online or in-person classroom. 

These days, a lot of us are being asked to create resources that work for students online, in person, or both. I want to share some tips and strategies to make sure that your resources work well when they are printed or viewed on a screen. 

There are a lot of resources out there for using Google Drive, Docs, Slides, and Sheets, but what if you have to use Teams, PowerPoint, or OneNote? I’m here to help you figure it out. 

If you’ve never used Microsoft before, or you need a refresher, this episode is a great place to start. 

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QR Code Generator Chrome Extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/qr-code-generator/afpbjjgbdimpioenaedcjgkaigggcdpp?hl=en

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You need to stop spending so much time writing your report cards. There, I said it. 

Writing your report cards does not have to be this huge endeavor that takes hours and hours outside of your contracted time. 

Trying to write personalized comments for each of your students while also meeting the requirements of your administrator can be a challenge, to say the least. This is what ends up taking teachers so much time. 

I’m teaching you how to systematize and simplify report card writing so that you can complete them in far less time. There are three myths that are eating up your report card writing time, and we’re busting them in this episode. 

If you’re ready to save yourself some time, you’re going to love this episode. 

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www.madlylearning.com/assessment

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Show notes available at www.madlylearning.com/211

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I am constantly looking for ways that I can simplify my report card writing so that it takes less time. The last thing I have is an additional 40 hours a week to be writing my report cards, and I bet you feel the same way!

In this episode, I am telling you about how I simplify the process of writing report cards and how I systematize writing learning skills for each student.

I understand that learning skills should be personalized and tailored to each and every student, but that could take days. For a busy teacher and mom, that is not realistic!

I have found the perfect program to help me write learning skills that take half the time and are still personalized - it is called Student Evaluator.

Tune in to learn how and why I love to use this learning skills generator program to save myself time and energy and how you can get 10% off of Student Evaluator to use it for yourself!

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Student Evaluator: Get 10% off!

Report Cards Made Simpler

How a Comment Bank Can Help You Write Report Cards

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