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When we take time for teaching genre in primary grades, it's not just one more thing to teach on our already full plates. Learning to read is a journey and understanding genre can empower our students to keep searching for their next great read. This knowledge gives students the ability to understand what they enjoy reading, find books with similar traits, and branch out to try new things.

Just imagine a day when your students no longer say...I don't like to read, reading is boring, or I can't find anything good in the library.

Listen in to find out more and don't forget to grab the FREE Genre Anchor Chart. It's all in the show notes!

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Are 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!

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Classroom 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!

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Let'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]!

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Teaching 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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TEACH JOYFULLY PODCAST SHOW NOTES

An interview with Hilary Heman-Pagliolo on the Thales K-5 program and how it prepares students for academic success.

Grade 2 students in Livingston, New Jersey are all practicing the Zapatos Rap for their upcoming Zapatos Idol Contest. Can you sing along, too?