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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 — Att...

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 (...

Non-linguistic representation is a powerful strategy to use in both teaching and learning. My grade-level has began a PLC on this very strategy, in search of taking student understanding to the next level. In this new series, PLC, I share my learning with all of you, as well as how I'm incorportating it in my class. Won't you join me in my journey?  0:00 Intro  5:01 ASCD Article on nonlinguistic representation 6:29 Visuals for sight words 8:27 Actually just getting to the ASCD article now, because I lag that much (point 3, students need to explain their representations) 10:59 Back tracking to talk about the article's intro 12:54 Thinking about our second unit, Senses 20:00 The 5 points of the article (don't you like how I started backwards? I couldn't make things more confusing if I tried) 22:52 Crucial information should be depicted in nonlinguistic representation 25:00 Students need to explain their nonlinguistic representation (also my big get away, aka ...

Teachers like to talk. A lot. This leaves students with little time to explore, discover, and solidify important concepts and understandings. This episode explores how teachers can minimize their talk time in order to give students ample learning time. Listen to learn strategies to help you maximize your talk time while keeping it short, as well as ways to develop good work habits in your students (because if work time is increased, good work habits is very necessary).  0:00 Intro  1:33 What John Hattie has to say about direct instruction 5:01 Direct Instruction has a decent effect size (0.6) 6:15 Direct instruction explained Tami style  7:11 The MOST effective "thing"  12:08 Teacher credibility as defined by the Hattie man himself 13:39 Up close and personal  15:03 How can we keep direct instruction minimal? 15:30 Good structure 16:06 The structure I use (it belongs to Lucy Calkins) 21:37 What curriculum is not...and what it is 26:00 What time is it...

Everyone has a bad day every now and again for one reason or another. However, your bad day doesn't have to turn into a horrible day. In this episide, I share some coping strategies I use to help survive a bad day. Listen to find out some tips to use when you find yourself confronted with a bad day.    0:00 Intro 0:44 Tiny topic explanation and backstory to this episode 3:59 Stop and breathe 6:35 Give your permission to not be at 100% 10:03 Something to look forward to  14:45 Figure out the cause  18:15 Communication  21:37 Check your attitude 26:34 Am I giving someone or something too much power over my emotions?  30:53 Take care of yourself in general, and in the moment 33:07 Take a moment 34:43 Enjoy your students 40:11 outro  40:53 Blooper  Contact: Twitter: @TamiJ123 Podcast show notes & listen online: www.timetoteach.libsyn.com Facebook page: Time to Teach https://www.facebook.com/Time-to-Teach-293173721126201/ ...