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The Teach Joyfully Podcast
By Lisa BurnsEducation
The Teach Joyfully Podcast episodes
- 088: How to Begin Teaching Students to Read NonfictionAre your students confident in using text features when reading [and discussing] nonfiction texts?
If we're honest, we KNOW most students skip over the text features when reading nonfiction. Whether your students don't know what to do with them or feel like it's one more thing to do or the text features feel disjointed or separate from the text, it's clear many students don't know when and why [much less how] to use to the text features.
Obviously, today's episode is all about understanding text features and reading nonfiction texts effectively.
Listen in to find out more [and don't forget to grab the Nonfiction Reading Strategies Poster] in the show notes!
TEACH JOYFULLY FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theteachinglab
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_j_burns
8 min - 087: How to Use Technology in the Classroom Effectively
Technology in the classroom is a mixed blessing, right?! I definitely have a love-hate relationship with student technology use in the classroom.
How about you...has student computer use become a problem in your classroom? Does required computer time or programs limit your time to actually TEACH? I know all about that!
Today's episode is all about what to use and not use technology for in the classroom so you can still teach. What a concept!
Listen in to find out more [and don't forget to grab the free cheat sheet] in the show notes!
TEACH JOYFULLY FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theteachinglab
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_j_burns
14 min - 086: How to Do a Classroom Management Spring ResetClassroom Management and training your class in your expectations and systems is never a "one-and-done" process. I know you understand that, but it's easy to forget to reset or retrain your students throughout the year.
Even your car needs a tune-up once in a while, why don't we remember to do the same for our classroom procedures? Perhaps you know someone who is resisting doing this. I've seen it before... teachers who think retraining seems like a lot of time when they have so little or they're stubbornly insisting their students know what to do so they should just do it, or some other reason. Whatever the reason, it's a lie. It's definitely time for a tune-up even if things are running well.
Today is all classroom management and about what to retrain and how to retrain your students.
Listen in to find out more [and don't forget to grab the free Power Phrase Worksheet [and check out the Playground Packet] in the show notes!
TEACH JOYFULLY FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theteachinglab
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_j_burns
25 min - 085: Why Your Students Need to be Writing More Than They TypeLet's chat about teaching students to write by hand using both printing and the much-debated cursive. In our digital world, students physically write less and less every year and it turns out, that's a huge problem for their brains.
Here's the skinny...a recent study by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology found that physically writing created the best learning and memory of the material being studied. And that, as they say, is just the tip of the iceberg...
Listen in to find out more [and don't forget to grab the free Crossing the Midline Guide in the show notes]!
TEACH JOYFULLY FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theteachinglab
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_j_burns
13 min - 084: Main Idea vs. Theme - What's the Difference?
Do your students struggle with understanding the difference between the main idea vs. the theme? Well...that's understandable. It can be confusing.
Today's episode is all about getting clear on the difference between theme and main idea. In addition, we'll chat about helping students to understand both how and when to find each one in their reading.
Listen in to find out more [and don't forget to grab the free Main Idea vs. Theme Cheat Sheet in the show notes]!
TEACH JOYFULLY FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theteachinglab
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_j_burns
11 min - 083: The Key to Teaching Students How to Monitor Comprehension
All the Comprehension strategies in the world won't help our students understand and remember their reading if they don't know how to monitor their thinking and understanding. Because reading is really all about understanding and enjoying what we read.
In case you haven't guessed, this episode is all about teaching your students how to apply all those comprehension strategies you're been teaching them in order to monitor their comprehension as they read. What a concept, right?!
Listen in to find out more [and don't forget to grab the free Monitoring Comprehension Anchor Chart in the show notes]!
TEACH JOYFULLY FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theteachinglab
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_j_burns
37 min - 082: Why Teaching Letter Writing is Still Important
Letter writing may seem unimportant as something to teach your students. It's outdated, right?! Wrong! Great communication is never outdated. Whether you're writing an email or a physical letter, the properties are similar and important. With Valentine's Day around the corner, it's the perfect time for teaching letter writing!
Listen in to find out more [and don't forget to grab the free mentor text list and Valentine's Day Pop-up card template in the show notes]!
TEACH JOYFULLY FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theteachinglab
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_j_burns
12 min - #081: How and Why to Teach Your Students to Compare and contrast
Comparing and Contrasting while simple to teach and to learn, don't underestimate its importance as a comprehension strategy and a life skill. Yup, you read that right - life skill. I'll explain that more in the episode [something for you to look forward to 😂]. Today's episode is obviously all about the benefits and some strategies for teaching the comparing and contrasting comprehension strategy.
Listen in to find out more [and don't forget to grab the free graphic organizers in the show notes]!
TEACH JOYFULLY FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theteachinglab
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_j_burns
12 min - 80: Tips for Teaching Summarizing in Elementary GradesTeaching your students to summarize well is not easy. But, it's 100% worth the effort! This important comprehension strategy, if learned right, will serve your students well for years to come. The great thing is, there's more than one way to do summaries so all [yes ALL] students can work on this strategy. Even better, I have a [not so secret] tool I use when I'm just starting to teach summarizing to students. It's a game-changer! Listen in to find out more [and don't forget to grab the free guide in the show notes]!
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INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_j_burns
TEACH JOYFULLY PODCAST SHOW NOTES
15 min - #079: Why Making Predictions is an Important Reading Comprehension Strategy
Your students' reading comprehension toolbox would not be complete without knowing how to make predictions using evidence from the text and check for accuracy as they read.
While making predictions can seem like a lesser strategy and often gets pushed aside for "more important" reading strategies, don't underestimate the power of making predictions.
In this episode, I talk about the benefits and process of making predictions.
Listen in to find out more [and don't forget to grab a copy of the Making Prediction Mentor Text List in the show notes].
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INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_j_burns
TEACH JOYFULLY PODCAST SHOW NOTES
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About The Teach Joyfully Podcast
From the publisher's feed
How do I leave my work at school so I can rest and recharge without the teacher guilt? How do I efficiently stay on top of all the planning, prep and grading? How do I train my students to [mostly] self-monitor so I can really teach? How can I create a community of focused learners in my classroom? How can I help my students grow into committed readers and writers? And the biggest question of all, can I REALLY streamline and simplify my literacy instruction while helping students make more than expected progress in reading and writing?
Welcome to the Teach Joyfully Podcast where we will answer ALL of these questions and so much more!
Week after week, your host, Lisa Burns, brings you the language arts strategies, classroom management tips, daily organizational tricks, and inspirational stories that can help YOU become the confident, highly effective teacher you dream of being while still having a personal life. Lisa shares do-able tips and strategies [that actually work in REAL classrooms] that she has used to become an incredibly effective elementary teacher, teacher success coach, workshop provider and your new teacher bestie. Along with sharing her best kept secrets, she interviews industry peers, fabulous teachers in the trenches and other professionals who will share their secrets to ensure you too can simplify AND do great things to help your students make incredible growth.
With thousands of downloads [and counting], the Teach Joyfully Movement is growing every day and now it's YOUR TURN to get inspired, simplify and tackle your biggest teacher goals along the way.
What do you say? Are you in? Because we believe that a joyful teacher is a good teacher. Go ahead…Listen in now!