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Literary Quote of the Day: "Or Does It Explode?"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 29, 2022 08:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMost ela teachers feel like they don't have enough time to get everything done that they need to get done. That's why every podcast episode of the Teaching ELA Podcast has a goal to get you something you can use right now, tomorrow, or a week from next Tuesday. That means you can leave on time to...
Literary Quote of the Day: "Go Home and Think How It All Happened"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 28, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMost ela teachers feel like they don't have enough time to get everything done that they need to get done. That's why every podcast episode of the Teaching ELA Podcast has a goal to get you something you can use right now, tomorrow, or a week from next Tuesday. That means you can leave on time to...
Literary Quote of the Day: The Vomiting Radio
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 27, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMost ela teachers feel like they don't have enough time to get everything done that they need to get done. That's why every podcast episode of the Teaching ELA Podcast has a goal to get you something you can use right now, tomorrow, or a week from next Tuesday. That means you can leave on time to...
Literary Quote of the Day: Animals and Figurative Language
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 26, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMost ela teachers feel like they don't have enough time to get everything done that they need to get done. That's why every podcast episode of the Teaching ELA Podcast has a goal to get you something you can use right now, tomorrow, or a week from next Tuesday. That means you can leave on time to...
Literary Quote of the Day: The 4th Wall
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 25, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMost ela teachers feel like they don't have enough time to get everything done that they need to get done. That's why every podcast episode of the Teaching ELA Podcast has a goal to get you something you can use right now, tomorrow, or a week from next Tuesday. That means you can leave on time to...
Literary Quote of the Day: Friar Lawrence is an Idiot
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 22, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAs far as Friars go, you can’t do much worse than Friar Laurence. He conducted the marriage ceremony of two teenagers who had known each other for a couple of days without permission from their parents. Who does that? Life Lesson Be careful who you’re taking advice from. Links Romeo and Juli...
Literary Quote of the Day: "'Tis Torture and not Mercy"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 21, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsLife Lesson Let’s get back to the ‘tis torture and not mercy quote. Romeo is governed by emotion. Guess who else is governed by emotions? Your students. And guess who else is governed by emotions? You and I! And what causes our emotions? Our thoughts. So what thoughts are we hearing over and ov...
Literary Quote of the Day: Juliet Betrays Her Family
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 20, 2022 08:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsLet’s get back to the quote. Romeo is governed by emotion. Guess who else is governed by emotions? Your students. And guess who else is governed by emotions? You and I! And what causes our emotions? Our thoughts. So what thoughts are we hearing over and over? I don’t know. I can’t read your mind...
Literary Quote of the Day: "Romeo's Wandering Eye"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 19, 2022 08:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThere’s like 8 examples of figurative language in these 3 lines. Examples include hyperbole, simile, metaphor, and personification. You could do a couple things with this once school starts again. And since it’s summer, who cares, right? But maybe you could bookmark this and come back to it or m...
Literary Quote of the Day: "Two Star-Crossed Lovers Take Their Life"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 18, 2022 08:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMr. Shakespeare reminds us that teaching ELA is more than just hosting a book club. There is a place for reading for pleasure during SSR, for example, but the purpose of teaching ELA is to help students develop critical reading and thinking and writing skills. That’s why knowing the end at the b...
Literary Quote of the Day: Finny's Fall
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 17, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe novel’s protagonist, Gene, has issues. His best friend has a limp, a permanent limp probably and Gene is the one who caused it. Don’t you hate it when in a fit of jealousy you cause your best friend to fall off a tree limb and he becomes permanently crippled? At this point of the novel, Gen...
Literary Quote of the Day: "Preparing for a Calamity"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 14, 2022 08:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTwain exposes the illusion of security. He experienced many calamities toward the end of his life, a leading cause of his writing turning from fun to bitter. This reminds me of my early years in teaching. I made sure I had everything prepared and written out because I knew I’d be spending much ...
(RERUN) My First 10 Days of School Tips and Lesson Plans for Your Preschool Classroom
Elevating Early Childhood - June 13, 2022 09:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 234 ratingsEvery single year, I get so many questions about the first days of school. And so, I thought, why not have an episode about it? After all, that first day of school is a pretty big deal, not just for the students, but also for professional educators like you. That is why I’ve created a free pri...
The Cure for Stress and Overwhelm
Design Lessons with Dr. Michele Schmidt Moore - June 12, 2022 16:00 - 10 minutesShow notes: https://www.micheleschmidtmoore.com/podcast/49 Hey designers, Today I’m going to give you some action steps that are going to help you alleviate stress and cure overwhelm. For an introduction to the LEADER mindset for designing a life you love to wake up to. Check out Project You ...
Literary Quote of the Day: "Don't Be a Bindle Stiff"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 12, 2022 08:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIt’s safe to say these migrant workers have it tough, but is George and Lennie’s dream really impossible? I mean they actually almost have enough to buy the place. How much money does George waste on booze and prostitutes? It’s easy to look back after a failure and blame our circumstances. It’...
Literary Quote of the Day: "Suppose You Didn't Have Nobody?"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 11, 2022 08:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe first time I read chapter 5 of Of Mice and Men I was on a stationary bike at Gold’s Gym. When Lennie broke Curley’s Wife’s neck, I had to stop, walk outside, and collect myself. Today’s literary quote of the day comes from Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Links Of Mice and Men Themes Blog Post...
Literary Quote of the Day: "It Didn't Make Sense to Me"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 10, 2022 08:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNick doesn’t drink very often, but when he does it’s usually at an apartment in New York with his cousin’s husband and his cousin’s husband’s mistress. In what might be considered the least fun party in literary history, Nick finds himself looking for something to read. And what does he choose. ...
Literary Quote of the Day: "My Luve is Like a Red, Red Rose!"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 09, 2022 08:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMost ela teachers feel like they don't have enough time to get everything done that they need to get done. That's why every podcast episode of the Teaching ELA Podcast has a goal to get you something you can use right now, tomorrow, or a week from next Tuesday. That means you can leave on time to...
Literary Quote of the Day: "Nothing Except a Single Green Light"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 08, 2022 08:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMeet Jay Gatsby, Nick's new neighbor. Gatsby stares at a green light in the distance. The green light he sees shines on the dock of Daisy Buchanan, whom Gatsby loves, even though they haven't seen each other for five years. Today, we call this stalking. The green light, in a broader sense, symbo...
Literary Quote of the Day: A Word from Oingo Boingo
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 07, 2022 08:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNothing screams summer fun like a dystopian novel that involves characters getting metaphorically stomped on the face over and over and over and loving it in the end. That’s why we’re going with our third and final quote from 1984. Life Lesson I believe there are honest financial advisors in t...
(RERUN) Science of Reading: What Preschool Teachers Should Know
Elevating Early Childhood - June 06, 2022 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 234 ratingsWhat is the Science of Reading? And what should preschool teachers know about it? In this week's episode of Elevating Early Childhood, I answer these two questions and more. But I won't be doing this alone! Yes friends, this is an interview episode! And in it, I will be discussing this hot ...
Literary Quote of the Day: "War is Peace"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 06, 2022 08:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn addition to being ironic, the party's slogan is an oxymoron, a statement which on the surface is contradictory, but in reality contains truth. The party slogan holds different meanings, depending on who's reading it, making it an intelligent example of verbal irony: for the inner party it mea...
Literary Quote of the Day: "Who Controls the Future?"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 05, 2022 08:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBig Brother is able to maintain absolute control over the citizens of Oceania by controlling all information. One critical aspect of information control is determining what history is taught and what information from the past remains. In the words of the Party Quote: Who controls the past contr...
Literary Quote of the Day: "Man's Place in the Universe"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 04, 2022 08:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlthough I live in the Caribbean and have spent most of my adult years in warm weather locations, I remember the cold of a Northern Ohio winter. Those of you from the North can relate to snot freezing to your nostrils and the need to give your hair time to dry before you exit the house in the mo...
Literary Quote of the Day: "You Mean the Necklace Was Fake?"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 03, 2022 08:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhen I was in high school I borrowed my friends headphones and broke them. Instead of doing the right thing and replacing them, I avoided him and his mom for weeks. I think Madame Loisel from “The Necklace” should have followed my example. Emotional Intelligence Moment An attitude of entitleme...
Literary Quote of the Day: "They Still Remembered to Use Stones"
The Teaching ELA Podcast - June 02, 2022 08:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsYou’ve all probably heard the statistics on what happens to Lottery winners. A majority of them end up no better or even worse off than before their victory. In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, it’s clear that everyone who wins this town’s lottery ends up worse off than they wer...
Literary Quote of the Day: The Joy that Kills
The Teaching ELA Podcast - May 31, 2022 08:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsToday’s literary quote of the day involves an ironic short story from a great writer of ironic short stories. It’s from Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour.” It seems cruel that Mrs. Mallard would find joy in the death of her husband, but an understanding of the social limitations on women duri...
(RERUN) Top 10 Classroom Must-Haves for Preschool Teachers
Elevating Early Childhood - May 30, 2022 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 234 ratingsThe one thing teachers don't have a lot of besides money is time. There's never enough time in the day to finish everything that needs to be done! That's why in this episode, I'll be sharing my 10 favorite classroom must-haves; items that have saved me time or made my teacher life easier. Some...
Literary Quote of the Day: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted in the MDG
The Teaching ELA Podcast - May 30, 2022 08:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSanger Rainsford thinks he’s pretty cool as he rides his yacht to go hunt in South America. In response to a fellow hunter’s observation that animals experience emotions like fear, Sanger Rainsford responds, “Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes--the hunters and the huntees. Luckily...
Dealing with Criticism
The Teaching ELA Podcast - May 27, 2022 08:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsELA Teacher Links Teaching Emotional Intelligence: Short Stories for Teaching Empathy Short Story Catalog at ELACOMMONCORELESSONPLANS.com Poetry Collections at ELACommonCoreLessonPlans.com
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