In this S5E12 Schoolutions Teaching Strategies BONUS, I unpack three game-changing education strategies from my conversation with Gravity Goldberg that will revolutionize your classroom behavior and student motivation. 

🧠 What if everything you've been taught about student engagement and student fatigue is WRONG? 
Discover why the glazed eyes and fidgeting you see 15 minutes into independent reading isn't real exhaustion—it's anticipated fatigue. 

🎯 THREE BREAKTHROUGH STRATEGIES YOU'LL LEARN:
• The Two-Thirds Rule: Why visible timers sabotage student participation and attention in class
• Movement as Memory: How students retain 76% MORE information through active learning
• Intentional Gestures: Transform low engagement into focused learning with simple hand signals

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction: Rethinking Student Fatigue
1:00 The Two-Thirds Rule Discovery  
3:00 Strategy #1: Remove Visible Timers
4:00 Strategy #2: Movement as Memory (76% Better Retention)
5:00 Creating Embodied Memories
6:00 Strategy #3: Intentional Gestures
8:00 Bodies as Learning Pathways
9:00 Monday Implementation Challenge

💡 KEY TAKEAWAYS FOR IMPLEMENTATION:
✓ Remove visible timers for better student engagement and sustained attention in class
✓ Use manipulatives and movement for deeper lesson planning and instructional strategies 
✓ Create gesture-based teaching tips that support anti-bias teaching and thriving students

📑 VIDEO CHAPTERS

0:00 Rethinking Everything About Student Fatigue
0:45 Introduction to Three Game-Changing Strategies 
1:00 The Two-Thirds Rule: Why Students Check Out
2:30 The Timer Problem: How We Sabotage Stamina
3:00 Strategy #1: Remove Visible Timers
3:30 Vary Duration Without Announcing
4:00 Strategy #2: Movement as Memory (76% Retention Boost)
4:30 How Actors Learn: Blocking as Memory
5:00 Creating Embodied Memories in Your Classroom
5:30 Age-Appropriate Movement Applications
6:00 Strategy #3: Intentional Gesture System
6:30 Creating Your Gesture Vocabulary
7:00 Student-Created Gestures for Ownership
7:30 Bodies as Learning Pathways, Not Obstacles
8:00 Recognizing Natural Movement Learners
8:30 Movement as Rigorous, Sophisticated Work
9:00 Monday Implementation Challenge
9:30 Choose Your Strategy and Transform Your Classroom

🚀📚 Watch the full S5E12 Schoolutions Teaching Strategies interview here (https://youtu.be/4-mosH0raZg)

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When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.

In this S5E12 Schoolutions Teaching Strategies conversation, literacy expert and author Gravity Goldberg reveals game-changing strategies backed by 25 years of teaching experience. Discover the revolutionary research that explains why student exhaustion isn't about tired brains—it's about expectations.

🎯 KEY INSIGHTS:
✅Students retain 76% MORE information when movement is integrated into learning 
✅The "two-thirds rule" explains why students get tired—and how to prevent it 
✅Simple gestures can boost memory, engagement, and comprehension across all grade levels 
✅Why sitting still actually SABOTAGES student memory and focus

✨ WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
💡How to use movement to boost comprehension by over 50%
💡The actor's secret to memorization (and how it applies to your classroom)
💡Pre-test warmup strategies based on student anxiety levels
💡Why timers might be sabotaging your students' stamina
💡Simple manipulatives that transform understanding across content areas

Some Episode Mentions: 

• Ellen Langer - Key Study: Eye exam reversal study (starting with small print vs. large print changed prescriptions)
• Arthur Glenberg - Key Study: Reading comprehension with manipulatives vs. rereading (50%+ improvement)
• The Noices - Researchers studying actor memorization techniques
• The Body-Brain Connection: Evidence-Based Ways to Reduce Anxiety, Boost Engagement, and Increase Comprehension Across Classrooms
  
  CHAPTERS
  0:00 Introduction: The Fatigue Paradox
  1:00 Movement IS the Learning
  2:00 Meet Gravity Goldberg
  3:00 Ellen Langer's Eye Exam Study
  4:00 The Two-Thirds Rule Explained
  5:00 Gravity's Running Discovery
  6:00 Mental Fatigue vs Physical Fatigue
  8:00 Why Timers Might Be Sabotaging Stamina
  9:00 The Broken Clock Advantage
  10:00 What's Really Happening During Mental Fatigue
  12:00 Stamina vs Willpower
  13:00 The 76% Memory Boost from Movement
  14:00 The Actor's Secret: Blocking and Memory Tags
  16:00 Big Movement to Small Visualization
  17:00 Walking with Perspective Exercise
  18:00 Reading Comprehension and Facial Expressions
  19:00 Envisioning Strategies for Parents
  21:00 Decoding with Multisensory Approaches
  22:00 Fluency and Physical Tracking
  24:00 High-Impact Strategy: Intentional Gesture
  25:00 Why Gesture Beats Talking Heads
  27:00 The Manipulative Study: 50% Better Comprehension
  29:00 What a Body-Brain Classroom Looks Like
  31:00 Trust and Student Autonomy
  33:00 Play Meets Rigor
  34:00 Lightning Round Begins
  35:00 Pre-Test Body Strategy Warmups
  36:00 The Homework Position Secret
  38:00 Gravity's Personal Discovery
  39:00 Ending the Body-Brain Dualism
  41:00 Closing Challenge and Resources
  
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When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.

In this S5E11 Schoolutions Teaching Strategies BONUS, I unpack game-changing insights from math expert Mona Iehl about why student engagement and student motivation actually INCREASE when we give kids harder problems. This counterintuitive approach transforms classroom behavior and builds true classroom belonging through mathematical struggle.

💡 What You'll Discover:

• Why rescuing kids from struggle hurts their mathematical identity
• The 2 magic phrases that revolutionize student participation and attention in class
• How to plan a week of transformative math lessons in ONE prep period
• Why wrong answers are actually windows into understanding
• The simple shift from math as performance to math as conversation

 🌟 Key Takeaways:
This episode challenges traditional instructional strategies and offers practical education strategies for creating inclusive classrooms where every child discovers they ARE a math person. Learn how active learning through productive struggle creates thriving students and inspired teaching.

📚 Resources Mentioned:

• Word Problem Workshop by Mona Iehl

📖 CHAPTERS:
0:00 Why We're Hurting Kids By Helping Too Much
1:30 The Math Identity Crisis in Our Classrooms 
3:00 Choosing Problems That Challenge Your Top Students
4:00 John Dewey: Learning Through Reflection
4:30 The Forecasting Guide Secret
5:30 Math Narration at Home
6:30 When Kids Rise to Hard Problems
7:00 From Silent Pencils to Mathematical Discourse
8:00 The Two Magic Phrases
9:00 Math as Conversation, Not Performance
10:00 Your Monday Morning Challenge

🚀📚 Watch the full S5E11 interview here (https://youtu.be/HO0l_eyKZPw)

Join our community of educators committed to cultivating student success, inspired teaching, and creating inclusive classrooms with a pro-kid mindset focused on the whole child. When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.

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🎵 Music: Benjamin Wahl

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When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.

In this S5E11 Schoolutions Teaching Strategies conversation, elementary educator and math coach Mona Iehl shares her transformative 5-step Word Problem Workshop method that's revolutionizing how students engage with mathematics. From "I'm not a math person" to confident problem solver—this conversation will change how you think about teaching math.

🎯 What You'll Learn: 

• The 5 steps to creating a classroom of problem solvers (Launch, Grapple, Share, Discuss, Reflect) 
• How to plan an entire week of word problems in ONE prep period 
• Why student-centered methods foster student engagement and student motivation better than traditional approaches 
• The forecasting guide that transforms lesson planning and instructional strategies 
• How to choose problems that challenge WITHOUT overwhelming 
• Building positive math identities through classroom belonging and student participation

This isn't just about math—it's about effective teaching that builds the whole child through culturally responsive teaching and equity in education.

Resources Mentioned: 

📚 Word Problem Workshop by Mona Iehl 

📚 Five Practices for Orchestrating Mathematical Discussions by Peg Smith 

📚 Adding It Up - Five Strands of Mathematical Proficiency

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction & Preview
2:00 Welcome & Guest Introduction
3:00 Book Reveal: Word Problem Workshop
4:00 Research Foundation: Peg Smith & Five Practices
5:47 Math Identities & Personal Journey
7:00 Project-Based Learning vs. Traditional Math
8:00 Traditional Word Problems vs. Word Problem Workshop
10:00 Student-Centered Learning & Building Confidence
11:00 Five Strands of Mathematical Proficiency
12:00 Conceptual Understanding in Practice
13:00 Strategic Competence & Adaptive Reasoning
15:00 Community-Based Learning Approach
16:00 Step 1: Launch - Packing the Backpack
16:37 Step 2: Grapple - Independent Problem Solving
17:00 The Joy of Figuring It Out
18:00 Step 3: Share - Making Thinking Visible
18:30 Step 4: Discuss - Facilitating Discourse
19:00 Step 5: Reflect - John Dewey's Wisdom
20:00 The Power of Reflection (Nuthall's 20% Research)
21:00 Teacher Roles in Word Problem Workshop
22:00 Getting Curious About Student Thinking
24:00 Teacher as Scribe During Sharing
25:00 Planning Magic: A Week in One Prep
26:00 Choosing Learning Goals & Problems
27:00 The Challenge Problem Philosophy
29:00 The Forecasting Guide Tool
30:00 Planning for All Learners
31:00 Collaborative Planning Time
33:00 Overcoming Fear: First Steps for Teachers
35:00 Administrator Support & Clear Focus
37:00 Supporting Math at Home: Caregiver Tips
38:00 Modeling Mathematical Thinking
39:00 Lightning Round: Math Misconceptions
40:00 Vision for Positive Math Identity Classrooms
42:00 Equitable Access & Confident Communities
43:00 Final Thoughts: Teachers as the Most Important
44:00 Closing & Call to Action

Connect with Mona: 

🎙️ Math Chat Podcast 

📧 Connect: [email protected]
🎵 Music: Benjamin Wahl

When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.

In this S5E10 Schoolutions Teaching Strategies BONUS, I break down the Essential Standards Framework from Larry Ainsworth that completely transformed my teaching—and can transform yours too. Stop drowning in standards and start teaching what actually matters.

🎯 The Game-Changer: Research shows students who master 88% of standards perform BETTER on tests than those who skim through 100%. This episode gives you three actionable insights from my conversation with Larry that you can implement Monday morning.

What You'll Learn:
✅ How the 88% solution frees you from coverage panic and improves student success
✅ A breakthrough approach for special education that maintains rigor while ensuring access (7th-grade thinking with 3rd-grade texts!)
✅ How to transform performance tasks from extra work to THE work
✅ The R-E-A-L criteria framework to identify your own essential standards (even if your district hasn't done this work)

Key Topics Covered:
- Overcoming teacher test anxiety through focused instruction and lesson planning
- Using the R-E-A-L criteria: Readiness, Endurance, Assessment, Leverage
- Maintaining rigor for students with disabilities and multilingual learners through inclusive teaching
- Replacing traditional instruction with authentic performance tasks that drive student engagement and active learning
- Creating clarity for student success and thriving students

This isn't about lowering expectations—it's about raising achievement through innovative teaching and a pro-kid mindset. Stop covering content and start uncovering what your students truly need with these practical teaching tips and instructional coaching insights.

Chapters
0:00 - Introduction: The Essential Standards Framework
1:00 - The 88% Solution: Why Less Coverage = Better Results
3:00 - Teacher Test Anxiety & the R-E-A-L Criteria Framework
5:00 - Monday Move: Identifying Your Essential Standards
6:00 - Game-Changer for Special Education & Multilingual Learners
7:00 - The Formula: Grade-Level Thinking with Accessible Texts
8:00 - Performance Tasks: Replacement Work, Not Extra Work
9:00 - Authentic Learning Examples (Instagram Profiles, Podcasts, Community Gardens)
10:00 - Your Practical Roadmap: Where to Start
12:00 - The Power of Clarity in Teaching
13:00 - Challenge: Use the REAL Criteria This Week
14:00 - Final Invitation & Closing Thoughts

🚀📚 Watch the full S5E10  ⁨@schoolutionspodcast⁩ interview here.

Join our community of educators committed to cultivating student success, inspired teaching, and creating inclusive classrooms with a pro-kid mindset focused on the whole child. When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.

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🎵 Music: Benjamin Wahl

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When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.

In this S5E10 Schoolutions Teaching Strategies conversation, join me with Larry Ainsworth, the pioneer of essential standards work, where he reveals why focusing deeply on fewer standards leads to BETTER assessment results than frantically trying to cover everything. Yes, you read that right: 88% focused teaching outperforms 100% surface-level teaching.

What You'll Learn: 
✅ The REAL criteria for identifying essential standards (Readiness, Endurance, Assessment, Leverage) 
✅ How to support students with disabilities and multilingual learners with essential standards 
✅ Why teachers MUST be involved in selecting essential standards (ownership matters!) 
✅ How to scaffold instruction for students reading below grade level while maintaining grade-level expectations 
✅ The connection between essential standards and project-based learning, classroom engagement, and student motivation 
✅ Why Arizona is now weighting its state assessments toward essential standards 
✅ How essential standards save time and guide effective teaching, lesson planning, and instructional strategies

Larry has guided educators for over two decades and helped countless schools create culturally responsive teaching environments with equity in education at the center. 

Resources from Larry: 

💫Inquiring Minds Want to Know: FAQs About Prioritizing Standards

💫Clarity Pathway

💫Integrating Teaching & Learning Newsletter & Books

💫Essential Standards: Pathway to Success for All Students Course

CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introduction: The Standards Struggle 
0:41 - The 88% Solution: Focus Over Coverage 
3:00 - Meet Larry Ainsworth: Pioneer of Essential Standards 
5:00 - Defining Essential Standards: Power, Priority, or Essential? 
9:00 - The 88% Question: Will Students Fail the Test? 
14:00 - Supporting Students with Disabilities with Essential Standards 
17:00 - Scaffolding Strategy: Meeting Students Where They Are 
19:00 - The REAL Criteria: Readiness, Endurance, Assessment, Leverage 
23:00 - Assessment and the State Testing Reality 
25:00 - Project-Based Learning and Essential Standards 
27:00 - This IS the Unit: Depth Over Breadth 
28:00 - Focus Dispels the Illusion of Coverage 
30:00 - The Administrator's Role: Coach, Cheerleader, Quarterback 
33:00 - Lightning Round: Essential Standards vs. Backward Design 
35:00 - State-Level Essential Standards: Good or Undermining? 
37:00 - The Spectacular Failure: When Teachers Aren't Involved 
39:00 - Final Takeaway: Essential Standards as the Foundation 
41:00 - Closing: Resources and Next Steps

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When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.

In this S5E9 Schoolutions Teaching Strategies BONUS, I break down my conversation with Angela Stockman. Have you ever thought admitting "I don't know" would ruin your credibility as an educator? In this bonus episode, I share the vulnerable moment in 2006 when I believed saying those three words had sabotaged my career—and what actually happened next that transformed my entire teaching practice.

Building on my conversation with Angela about embracing uncertainty, this episode gives you three concrete moves to practice this week: how to pick ONE focal point to study all year, how to document observations without adding compliance burden, and how to share uncertainty in ways that build trust instead of destroying it.

What You'll Learn:
✅ Why performing certainty is ruining teacher credibility and causing burnout
✅ The three-move system for operationalizing uncertainty in your classroom
✅ How pedagogical documentation sustains your energy and curiosity
✅ Why "I don't know" gives students and colleagues permission to actually learn
✅ How to pair uncertainty with structure so it becomes productive, not paralyzing

This isn't about having all the answers—it's about having the courage to study what genuinely fascinates you about student learning. When we stop performing and start documenting, teaching transforms from survival mode to sustainable discovery.

Key Quote: "I don't have to be certain to be credible." - Angela Stockman

CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Introduction: The Power of "I Don't Know"
1:00 - My 2006 Career-Changing Moment
3:00 - When a Teacher Said "That's the Most Honest Thing I've Heard"
4:00 - How to Operationalize Uncertainty
5:00 - Move 1: Name One Thing You're Curious About
6:00 - Move 2: Replace "I Should Know" with "I'm Going to Study This"
7:00 - Move 3: Share Your Uncertainty with One Person
8:00 - The Unintended Gift: Documentation Sustains Your Energy
9:00 - Curiosity as the Antidote to Burnout
10:00 - Call to Action: Your Three Moves This Week

💫Check out linked episode mentions here:  https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890886/episodes/18106285

🚀📚 Watch the full S5E9  @schoolutionspodcast interview here (https://youtu.be/8omXvWmAPl0)

Join our community of educators committed to cultivating student success, inspired teaching, and creating inclusive classrooms with a pro-kid mindset focused on the whole child. When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.

📧 Connect: [email protected]
🎵 Music: Benjamin Wahl

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When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.

In this S5E9 Schoolutions Teaching Strategies conversation, join me with Angela Stockman to move beyond feeling overwhelmed with data, thanks to Angela's practical teaching tips that foster student-centered learning. Learn how to refine your classroom practices and assessment strategies for better outcomes. This video provides actionable insights for teachers by improving data analysis to inform teaching strategies.

If you've ever felt like you're drowning in data but starving for actual insights about student engagement and classroom behavior, this conversation with Angela will transform your approach to teaching.

💡 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
✓ Why documentation sustains your energy instead of draining it
✓ How to use tools like Otter.ai and Unruler for easy documentation
✓ The difference between compliance paperwork and pedagogical documentation
✓ How to get "under the hood" of quantitative data with student perspectives
✓ Why saying "I don't know" increases your credibility as an educator
✓ How to pick one focal point and document for a full year
✓ Ways documentation improves instructional strategies and student success

Episode Mentions:
💫The Writing Teacher's Guide to Pedagogical Documentation
💫Carla Rinaldi
💫Bill Cope
💫Mary Kalantzis 
💫Nell Duke
💫Kelly Cartwright
💫John Hattie

CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introduction: Drowning in Data, Starving for Insights 
1:00 - Meet Angela Stockman: 20+ Years of Documentation Research 
2:00 - Welcome & Episode Overview 
3:00 - Research Foundations: Carla Rinaldi & Reggio Emilia 
5:00 - Why Documentation Matters Now More Than Ever 
6:00 - Understanding Learning from Students' Perspectives 
8:00 - Documentation as Sustaining Energy (Not Draining It) 
9:00 - Compliance vs. Pedagogical Documentation 
10:00 - Being a Teacher by Learning, Not Just Doing 
11:00 - Too Much Data, Not Enough Savvy 
12:00 - Getting Under the Hood of Quantitative Data 
14:00 - Making Documentation a Routine, Not a Burden 
16:00 - Practical Tools: Otter.ai & Speech-to-Text 
18:00 - Creating a Documentation System That Works 
20:00 - Sharing Documentation with Students & Families
23:00 - Documentation as a Love Language 
25:00 - The Power of "I Don't Know" in Teaching 
28:00 - Credibility Through Curiosity, Not Certainty 
30:00 - When Students Teach Us More Than We Teach Them 
32:00 - Messy Implementation & the Beginner's Mind 
33:00 - Avoiding "Lift and Drop" Best Practices 
34:00 - Lightning Round: Best Documentation Tools 
35:00 - Biggest Mistakes in Documentation 
36:00 - Advice: Pick ONE Focal Point for the Year 
37:00 - Connect with Angela Stockman 
38:00 - Final Thoughts & Call to Action 
39:00 - Outro & Next Steps

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When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.

In this S5E8 Schoolutions Teaching Strategies BONUS, I break down my conversation with Patty McGee about revolutionary grammar instruction that replaces shame with curiosity and memorization with discovery. If you've been struggling with student engagement in grammar lessons or wondering how to make grammar instruction actually stick, this episode will transform your approach..

Stop teaching grammar the way we were taught—there's a better way that takes just 10 minutes a day.

What You'll Learn:
✨ Why treating grammar like math (with manipulatives and exploration) changes everything
✨ The power of "conversationally compatible" grammar partnerships for student participation and classroom belonging
✨ How to implement effective 10-minute daily grammar study sessions that boost student motivation
✨ Why we need to stop expecting mastery after one lesson (active learning strategies that actually work)
✨ How to replace grammar shame with student empowerment and student success

Perfect for: teachers, education coaches, new teachers, mentor teachers, instructional leaders, school administrators, homeschoolers, and anyone passionate about effective teaching and inclusive teaching practices.

This approach supports culturally responsive teaching, equity in education, pro-kid mindset, and whole child education while improving classroom behavior, attention in class, and overall student engagement.

Chapters
0:00 - Welcome & Introduction to Grammar Revolution
1:00 - The Problem with Traditional Grammar Instruction
2:00 - Revelation #1: Treat Grammar Like Math, Not Memorization
4:00 - Grammar Manipulatives: Making Grammar Tangible
5:00 - Revelation #2: Conversationally Compatible Grammar Partners
7:00 - Rethinking Partnerships for Student Success
8:00 - Revelation #3: The 10-Minute Daily Grammar Study Method
9:00 - What 10 Minutes Actually Looks Like in Practice
10:00 - Your Monday Morning Challenge
11:00 - Replacing Shame with Curiosity in Grammar Learning
12:00 - The Gift of Discovery Over Memorization
13:00 - Final Thoughts: Grammar as Power, Not Rules
14:00 - Coming Up Next & Closing

💫Check out linked episode mentions here:  https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890886/episodes/17989335

🚀📚 Watch the full S5E8 Schoolutions Teaching Strategies interview here.

Join our community of educators committed to cultivating student success, inspired teaching, and creating inclusive classrooms with a pro-kid mindset focused on the whole child. When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.

📧 Connect: [email protected]
🎵 Music: Benjamin Wahl

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When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.

In this S5E8 Schoolutions Teaching Strategies conversation, join me with literacy consultant Patty McGee as she reveals how 10-minute daily grammar studies can revolutionize student engagement and writing power. Transform grammar instruction from worksheet dread to engaged discovery!

📚 GET THE BOOK: Not Your Granny's Grammar by Patty McGee & Tim Donohue

In this episode, discover:
• Why traditional grammar worksheets fail and what actually works for student success
• The revolutionary 10-minute grammar study approach that builds thriving students
• How conversational partnerships transform student participation and active learning
• Evidence-based instructional strategies that make grammar meaningful
• Why grammar gives students power to affect change in their lives

🎯 KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Replace worksheets with hands-on grammar manipulatives
- Build conversationally compatible partnerships for student engagement
- Use inquiry-based learning over direct instruction alone
- Create grammar notebooks for authentic learning
- Implement surface, deep, and transfer learning phases

Episode Mentions:
💫Steve Graham & Karen Harris
💫Jeff Anderson: Mechanically Inclined
💫Whitney La Rocca
💫John Hattie
💫Dr. Rebecca Winthrop - Winthrop's World of Education

This innovative teaching approach addresses low engagement, transforms classroom behavior, and creates inclusive classrooms where every student thrives. Learn effective teaching strategies that honor the whole child while building essential communication skills.

Chapters
00:00 Introduction: Making Grammar Fun & Engaging
01:00 Why Traditional Grammar Instruction Fails
02:00 Meet Patty McGee: Transforming Grammar Education
03:00 The Research Behind Grammar Study
05:00 What's Wrong with "Granny's Grammar"?
07:00 Defining Grammar Study vs Traditional Instruction
09:00 The Power of Comparison in Learning
11:00 Teachers as Facilitators, Not Experts
13:00 The Explorer Mode: Student Agency in Learning
14:00 Immersion Phase: Surface Learning
16:00 Deep Learning: Hypothesis & Discovery
18:00 Play & Experimentation in Grammar
19:00 Grammar Notebooks: Capturing Student Thinking
21:00 Why Worksheets Don't Work
23:00 Grammar Learning Partners vs Peer Editing
25:00 Fitting Grammar Study into Your Day
27:00 Tackling Sentence Construction Challenges
29:00 Communicating with Parents About Grammar Study
31:00 Why Grammar Matters for Student Power
33:00 Resources & Video Tutorials Available

Join our community of educators committed to cultivating student success, inspired teaching, and creating inclusive classrooms with a pro-kid mindset focused on the whole child. 

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When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.