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Every learner is special and unique with his or her own strengths and areas of improvements. The idea of teaching to each student is a daunting one. In this last episode of a 3-part mini series, I explain how I differentiate and teach to each learner during writing workshop. Learn how you can juggle all the needs of your students while staying sane. 0:00 Intro 0:57 Episode Introduction 2:19 Wins and fails for the week segment 7:19 Getting this party started (the party that is this episode) 8:42 Writing Workshop and writing within a genre 12:30 Writing Workshop in my classroom (the components) 14:35 Independent writing time, and what I'm doing then 15:20 Teaching to student goals 18:20 How I assess writing strengths and needs of my students 20:40 How I track my anecdotal notes 22:15 Conclusion 24:15 Outro Contact me: Twitter: @TamiJ123 How do you achieve differentiation? I'd love to hear from you. Podcast show notes & to listen online: Time to Teach Websit

This week I explain how I differentiate and teach to each learner during our word work time. Each student is special and unique, and their instruction should be too. Listen to find out how to specialize and differentiate your word work block.  0:00 Intro 3:50 Wins and fails for the week  9:37 Let the show begin! 11:30 What word work looks like in my classroom 12:56 Whole group teaching 15:10 Small group teaching and the rest of the class 20:51 Words Their Way- A little about this word study program  26:02 Conclusion  26:29 Outro  References: Teaching to Each Learner Part 1   Contact: Twitter: @TamiJ123 Podcast show notes & listen online: Links Time to Teach Website Facebook page: Time to Teach Facebook Groups: Teachers For Effective Curriculum Teachers Who Podcast   (for educators who podcast)  My blog: Notes From A First Grade Classroom   Music Credits: Adventures by A Himitsu @a-himitsu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 creativecom

Teaching to each student's needs seems a daunting task, but it is not impossible. Here I discuss how I juggle whole group teaching along with teaching to the needs of each of my students during our Reading Workshop.   0:00 Intro  0:42 Introducing today's topic 1:34  Wins and fails of the week 4:52 Teaching to each learner-let's get this party started! 6:42 Teaching to each learner in reading 9:09 Observations 11:03 Phonemic awareness assessment 12:00 Continued observations and flexible groups 12:56 What my students do when I am conferring or working with a small group 14:00 The power of conferring 17:02 How I conduct my student conferences 20:44 Mini lessons to the whole class 24:00 Conferring in small groups 26:30 Small groups  29:40 Conclusion 30:53 Outro      Check out this episode!

0:00 Intro 1:56 Why you need to be on Twitter-Introduction to what I'll be speaking about 2:45 Finding my twitter self 4:50 NEW Segment! Wins and fails for the week 17:25 Why you need to be on Twitter 22:46 Tip 1:  Create a Twitter account (just do it!) 22:25 Tip 2: Give yourself time to play around with Twitter 22:46 Tip 3: There are many ways to use Twitter, but as an educator it's powerful to ect with other educators.  28:23 Tip 4: Join Twitter chats (just do it. Why are you still here? GO JOIN A TWITTER CHAT!)  31:40 Finding a chat  35:25 Where to participate in a Twitter chat 39:20 Using Twitter to share your content 44:38 Wrapping up  46:27 Oh, but wait. One more thing: Book clubs on Twitter 49:40 Outro References & Sources: Education Chat Calendar #BookCampPD Contact: Twitter: @TamiJ123 Time to Teach Show Notes and online listening. Time to Teach Facebook Page Facebook Groups: Facebook Group: Teachers For Effective Curriculum (come on over) F