The best learning takes place when students are having fun and feeling challenged at the same time. Of course, it can be tough coming up with ideas for engaging, rigorous lessons. Listen as Caitlin and Jessica give you an overview of an awesome narrative writing activity to help you spiral your standards, challenge your students, and have a lot of fun at the same time.

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Does your lesson planning ever feel frantic, rushed, or disorganized? Do you ever feel like you’re trying to “hit” standards in your classroom, but your students aren’t really grasping them? Listen as Jessica and Caitlin discuss how to plan with a system, so you can lesson plan more quickly and help students meet the standards in a more effective way.

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Would you like to be that teacher you’re jealous of? The one who leaves right after school on most days but still manages to teach fun, effective lessons each day? Become that teacher by learning to use a streamlined system to lesson plan. Not sure how to do this? This episode will help you begin!

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ebacademics.com/event

https://ebacademics.com/2021/05/ep-125-why-you-should-batch-plan-at-the-beginning-of-summer.html

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Are you looking for a way to refresh your teaching with new ideas and strategies? Would you like the kind of support a coach can offer: encouragement, guidance, and advice? Then what you need is the perfect mentor! Every teacher can benefit from having a great mentor. Listen here as Caitlin and Jessica show you how to find one!

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Listen as Caitlin and Jessica discuss the importance of pursuing passions outside of the classroom so that you can thrive in the classroom. How can you make this happen? By considering what systems and processes will make your school year easier and planning them now. Make time for yourself; you don’t just deserve it - you need it.  

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At first, you may not be excited by the thought of planning next year’s lessons in June, but by the end of this podcast episode, Caitlin and Jessica will have convinced you to do it. How? By giving you several reasons that batch planning early will make your teaching stronger, take pressure off your planning, and give you a fuller, happier summer.  

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In this episode, you will learn how to use batch planning to strategically and intentionally plan your school year, using standards as your guide as you spiral students’ learning with mini lessons and carefully placed units. They will also point you toward resources like Batch Planning Live and their new book, The Empowered ELA Teacher, to give you even more support!

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In this episode, Caitlin and Jessica talk about how you can add rigor to your lessons without making your students feel overwhelmed or lost. It all starts with the belief that your students will succeed! Then the planning starts from there, as you scaffold lessons and build your students’ confidence (along with your own!).

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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Shakespeares-Sonnet-18-Writing-Activity-Valentines-Day-DIGITAL-and-PRINT-2985174

https://ebacademics.com/2021/04/batch-planning-get-your-life-back.html

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In this episode, Caitlin and Jessica’s 3 tips on thriving instead of surviving will give you the inspiration you need to find joy and energy in your teaching and personal life. They will discuss the importance of finding the right teacher community, avoiding the temptation to compare yourself to others, and rewarding yourself for all the hard work that you do.

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https://www.instagram.com/ebacademics/?hl=en

ebacademics.com/detectivelesson

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When you think about the standards your students need to master, does fitting them all into the school year seem impossible? If you feel this way, you’re not alone! Caitlin and Jessica have both experienced this curriculum time crunch before, and they’ve discovered ways to overcome it. Listen to this episode to learn their four simple tips for teaching more content in less time.

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