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Helping teachers who value high-quality curriculum but are tired of sacrificing self-care, family time, and time with students to create it. If you’re looking for ways to help feel better ab...
We left the classroom a little more than a year ago and are reflecting on what we've learned and new perspectives we have gained as a r...
As a teacher, deciding which plays to teach is a rite of passage all its own. Will you stick to the classics or branch out and try something...
In this episode of the podcast, we're discussing whether traditional ELA instruction provides our students with the skills they most ne...
Ideally, we'd like to have all of our students participating in class discussion. When too many students aren't participating, we...
The difficulties posed by challenging students and classes can really wear a teacher down. Our misery will often make us desperate and open...
Do you dread those days when you're expecting your students to read in class? If your students don't like to read: not independent...
How do you feel about your level of parent-teacher communication? Is it something you've got down? Is it your teacher superpower? Or, a...
March is, arguably, the worst month for teachers, though October certainly puts up a good fight for itself. We’ve been teaching the same stu...
Many students are overwhelmed by the seemingly insurmountable task of writing a research paper and emerging writers often shut down because...
Do you feel like you’re trying strategy after strategy to improve your students’ writing . . . and none of them is really working? You’re no...
Have you found a NEW text that you want to add to your curriculum? First of all, congrats! Introducing students to books (they will hopefull...
This week's dilemma will be a familiar one for any teacher who has been teaching the same prep for a few years: “I want to change the n...
Traditional grading, standards-based grading, grade floors, it’s all enough to make any teacher’s head spin. What does a student's grad...
We've all been there before. At some point during the fall semester, the wheels started coming off the bus, the train went off the trac...
Grades. Pressure. Anxiety. For us, these three words were inextricably linked with December (and May) for years. We started to feel the nast...
Cheating in the classroom is as much a part of the school experience as bad cafeteria lunches and popular cliques you're not a part of....
A lively and engaging whole class discussion. We imagine ourselves sitting perched on a stool, steaming cup of coffee in hand, listening to...
Whether it comes from parents, students, counselors, or administrators, as a teacher, you will inevitably hear criticism about the decisions...
Managing the grading load is one of the worst parts of teaching, especially in the ELA classroom where the stacks of essays seem only to gro...
The flipped classroom model has a lot to offer teachers and can be a great benefit to students, but many are reluctant to give it a try. We...
We may not always like it, but assessments are an important part of what we do as classroom teachers. But in an ELA classroom, it’s sometime...
An often ignored topic for middle school and high school teachers is classroom management. If we get any training, the strategies and ideas...
Teachers cannot do it all, nor is it reasonable to expect them to! Let's normalize purchasing lesson plans, unit plans, and resources b...
Joining a PLC is like joining a family. Sometimes you fit right in and it feels like you were born into it. Other times there are growing pa...
Part of teacher self-care is knowing what you realistically can and cannot be responsible for, and blurring those categories is one of the q...
Are you looking for Back to School Night ideas for your middle school or high school classroom? In this episode, we share our experience mak...
The first few weeks of school are an important but frantic time, and we’ve found high-interest activities that introduce or review foundatio...
The first week of school is an important one, yet it can also be awkward and feel overwhelming trying to find an approach that works for you...
You've used Google Classroom, but now you want to try something more robust. You've tried Canvas, but are feeling a little intimid...
It's just about Back to School time here in California. It's a fresh start for students and teachers, and Answers May Vary . Welco...
It’s no surprise that growing numbers of teachers are quitting, in large part due to teacher burnout. In this week’s episode, we share what...
Teacher self-care is never going to fit into our busy schedules unless we are proactive about making space for it. In this week’s episode, w...
Keeping your classroom organized is one of the first steps toward preserving your sanity. No matter what grade you teach, we’re sharing orga...
Independent reading is an important part of any ELA classroom, but it can be challenging to find meaningful activities to engage students an...
Grammar, vocabulary, literary devices, college application essays (if you're teaching seniors) plus our regular ELA curriculum - how ar...
Textbooks and curriculums are often slow to change, and unless your school has funding (and a desire) to purchase supplemental curriculum an...
This week we're talking about the dreaded textbook dilemma: "Help! I don't like my curriculum." Not all of us have the option to g...
This week's dilemma: I created what I thought was a great assignment with a reasonable rubric / answer key, and students are not doing...
While homework has long been a traditional part of the middle school and high school English class, we moved away from assigning homework to...
Give your future fall self a helping by hand by completing some (or all) of these steps before you leave your classroom for the summer. Rela...
We take a trip down memory lane and recall some of the mistakes we each made in our first year(s) of teaching. Does any of it sound familiar...
It can be overwhelming to plan a brand new unit. In this episode we share what we do and talk about in our first "official" planning meeting...
In this not-quite-sode, we share how we came to the profession and how we started working together. Do you relate to the "gung ho [born] tea...