Smarter Teaching (with Rachel Wilser)

5 Quick Tips to Manage Grading Throughout the School Year in Under 15 Minutes! 🏫 ...

Catch up on what I read this summer: The Four Winds; Open House; Beartown, and The Wrong Family. ...

Anxious People (⭐⭐⭐⭐); The Vanishing Half (⭐⭐⭐⭐) ...

Reviews of A Very Punchable Face (⭐⭐⭐); The House in the Cerulean Sea (⭐⭐⭐⭐) ...

A Man Called Ove (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐); If You Tell (⭐⭐.5); Giver of Stars (⭐⭐⭐) ...

What are flexible groups? How can I use them within my currently existing small group instruction?? ...

Book reviews of: One of Us is Lying; A Gentleman in Moscow; and The Guest List. ...

Let's save ourselves time, money, and sanity this year and cancel standardized tests! ...

A Wilderness of Error (⭐⭐); When We Believed in Mermaids (⭐⭐⭐); American Predator (⭐⭐⭐); One of Us is Lying (in progress) ...

5 tips for virtual or physical family/teacher conferences ...

Born a Crime; Sweet Water; Ask Again, Yes; The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes ...

Reviews of I'm Still Here, The Nickel Boys, and The 57 Bus ...

Back to school season is crazy. Listen for tips on how to plan meals for your whole week in under 20 minutes. ...

Reviews of Untamed (Glennon Doyle); The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides); The Reckoning (John Grisham) ...

Before We Were Yours; Winter Garden; The Dutch House ...

Back to school is looming, and while we're not exactly sure what the start of this school year will look like we do know that time will be limited, as always. Today, I'm sharing 5 easy ways to save ti...

The Glass Castle (Jeanette Walls) Cilka's Journey (Heather Morris) ...

I'm back, y'all! Reviews for 6 books this month on the literary pod.  The Innocent Man; Blitzed; Know My Name; The Last House Guest; The Huntress; Where'd You Go, Bernadette? ...

Book reviews: The Hate U Give; Where the Crawdads Sing; The Nightingale; Nine Perfect Strangers ...

Get 5 easy to implement tips to make grading and report cards more manageable! ...

Reviews of 6 books from the last 2 months! ...

3 book reviews: Rising Strong (Brenè Brown), Present Over Perfect (Shauna Niequist), and The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Heather Morris) ...

Do you feel pulled in 1,000 different directions? Jack of all trades, expert of none? Take 15 minutes to listen to how setting an intention for your school year can help you focus deeply on improving ...

Y'all, per our beach vacation, I'm reviewing FIVE books this month! 1 NF, 2 thrillers, and 2 general fiction ...

Personal reviews and summaries of The Good Daughter, Low Warrior, and The Great Alone ...

Take 10 minutes to find out how YOU can spend some intentional time on Sunday to make your entire week in the classroom run more smoothly. ...

Reviews of For the Love (Jan Hatmaker); The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins); and Dark Places (Gillian Flynn) ...

Book reviews of Force of Nature and Of Mess and Moxie 📚 ...

How do you set goals for Progress Monitoring; how do you collect data; and how do you track your data?? ...

This month, I share my feelings on The Naturalist and A Dangerous Fortune. 📚 ...

Want to build confidence and critical thinking in your math class? Here's a quick intro to using complex tasks in your math classroom. ...

Beneath a Scarlet Sky & I Am Watching You ...

Let's talk about how, and why, you want one central place for all the things, and how it will streamline your time and tasks. ...

Find our what I'm reading for fun now, and the 2 books I've recently read that totally consumed my life! ...

How giving specific directions to kids can improve outcomes for adults ...

Relax by the pool with this easy professional read! =) ...

Instead of daily to-do lists that spiral out of control, set 5 goals for the summer to free up your days and use your time more deliberately. ...

3 quick tips for making it to the end of the school year with sanity and grace ...

Have students across levels who are stuck on the same strategy?? Try strategy groups during your SGI. Listen for a quick preview on how to use flexible groups to boost your instruction. ...

April 27, 2018...