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Top 3 Tips to Maximize your Summer PD: A system for your notes, a system for your files, and a system to keep track of how well (or not!) the new ideas work when you try them! These are my top 3 tips to get the most out of the amazing summer learning you have planned.
And speaking of summer learning, are you ready to join me for a one-day virtual LIVE workshop? The Upper Elementary Engagement Academy is coming this July. Together, we will design YOUR student-centered classroom to increase engagement, spark motivation, and level up learning! For all the details, visit AppleBlossomTeachers.com/summer
Ready to jump into some summer learning right now? Grab the FREE on-demand video training: 5 Lasting Ways to Increase Student Engagement in Upper Elementary
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Teacher Summer Priorities: Join me in a more casual episode as I share a little behind-the-scenes of the summer reflection process we've been chatting about. If you need a little inspiration or camaraderie, this is the episode for you!
Looking for something a little more actionable? Grab the FREE on-demand video training: 5 Lasting Ways to Increase Student Engagement in Upper Elementary
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Got a burning teaching question? Send your Curriculum Conundrum to me here, or just DM me over on instagram @appleblossomteachers. Can't wait to support you!
Welcome to "Choose-your-own-adventure" summer learning edition! Whether it's organization and planning, instruction in specific content areas, or even taking your teaching to the next level, here are some recommendations.
Use the guide below to quickly find what you need, or listen to the full episode so you know what else is available when you need it. I scratched the surface on why these ones made the curated list, so feel free to DM me on Instagram @appleblossomteachers for more info on any of the resources I recommended!
📍Choose your own summer PD adventure: Use this to find what you need most!
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Have you ever come back to that one week of teacher prep time feeling like it's just NOT enough to really help you mentally and instructionally plan for a solid year? Then once we get into the day-to-day hustle, it's impossible to catch up, let alone get ahead! This leads to that slow-burning-candle vibe, which ain't it if we want to stay passionate and be our best teacher selves.
The solution? Intentionally plan for how you will rest, recharge, reset, and refine your teacher self this summer. Grab a notepad or the free notetaking guide, and let's get into it!
💻 Looking for simple ways to take learning from ROTE to REAL? Grab the free video training here, plus a print-and-go planning template you can use tomorrow!
📍 The Navigator: Use this to find what you need most!
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It can be such a great feeling when our kids are writing solid paragraphs or essays, using the fun little acronyms or mnemonic devices we've supported them with. But just like learning to ride a bike with training wheels, it's not until those extra supports are taken off that you're truly challenged with applying your skills. Today, we are chatting all about teaching writing without a formula.
💻 Looking for more ways to take learning from ROTE to REAL? Grab the free video training here, plus a print-and-go planning template you can use tomorrow!
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Students who are BEGGING for more writing time? Yes, please! One easy key to increasing writing engagement and motivation is adding in an authentic audience.
Here's why you need to be leveraging this strategy, plus real 3rd - 6th grade project ideas from no additional prep all the way to the big leagues, major audience productions.
💻 Looking for more ways to take learning from ROTE to REAL? Grab the free video training here, plus a print-and-go planning template you can use tomorrow!
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How can you differentiate for such a wide range of writing levels in upper elementary, especially when it feels like pulling teeth to get your kids excited about writing? Writer's Workshop is a great solution, and with a few key moves in your teacher toolbox, your students' writing will start to soar!
***There are TONS of great references and resources shared throughout this episode. Scroll down to the Links section to check out the books I use and those free Jen Bengel resources I mentioned.
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Do you use literary mentor texts in your classroom? This practice has definitely gained popularity, and for good reason, but many of the resources out there offer strategies for using picture books, novels, and poetry as mentor texts for writing. The strategies from literature analysis can be applied to nonfiction sentence structure, but there are a few easy things you can add to specifically help your students read like writers in informational text.
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PLUS, my very favorite way to make Open House truly highlight student learning by helping them be the docents!
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>>> P.S. Next week is my first ever THIRD GRADE open house, and my students and I have been planning BIG THINGS! Be sure to follow along in my stories next week for all the prep and showcase!
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Remember all those incredible types of informational text we talked about last week? (ICYMI, definitely head back to episode 27!) Today I'm spilling my secrets for bulking up your informational classroom library section on a budget.
Listen in for 6 ways you can support student learning with more (and more authentic!) informational texts for free and almost-free!
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Welcome back! I am so pumped for this relaunch. Let's jump on in!
>>> Nonfiction books and articles are often readily available in our curriculum and digital downloads, but there's a whole world of real informational text we can easily incorporate beyond that.
Grab your notepad, because I'm sharing TONS of easy ways you can expose your students to more authentic, more varied types of informational text. Giving nonfiction text a purpose in their world, beyond the classroom, is key to increasing student motivation and engagement.
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PLUS, how a local dentist is my recent favorite source of informational text in my library. Say what?!
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