The Reading Teacher's Playbook with Eva Mireles
By Eva Mireles, Upper Elementary Literacy Coach
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Welcome to the Reading Teacher's Playbook—your go to source for upper elementary literacy teachers (grades 3-5) and those who support them, seeking evidence-based literacy practices. Listen in as Eva simplifies literacy instruction, promotes sustainable growth, and empowers you to create engaging lessons that make learning stick. Your host, Eva Mireles, will provide you with practical tips and tools for confident teaching, while fostering a love for reading in your students. Let's huddle up and learn together! Visit her website to learn more: https://evamireles.com/
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Summer Reset Series Finale: Teaching for Transfer, Self-Efficacy, and Student Independence
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Summer Reset Series: What Is Tier 1 Instruction in the Upper Elementary Literacy Classroom?
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Summer Reset Series: Time Sucks and How to Avoid Them for Literacy Teachers
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Summer Reset Series: Systems Are the Real Self-Care for Literacy Teachers
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Season 12 Recap: The Biggest Literacy Instruction Lessons from Read Aloud, Retrieval Practice, Writing, and Learning Science
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Keeping Writing Instruction Front and Center Until the Last Day with Lanesha Tabb
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May 27, 2026 |
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Using Retrieval Practice to Keep Learning Alive Until the Last Day with Dr. Shane Saeed
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May 26, 2026 |
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How to Maintain High Expectations in Your Literacy Classroom Until the Last Day of School with Naomi O'Brien
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May 13, 2026 |
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Clarifying your end of the year vision for your upper elementary literacy classroom
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May 11, 2026 |
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Why Most End-of-Year Plans Fall Apart and What to Do Instead
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May 06, 2026 |
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Why Students Forget What You Teach and How to Design Lessons That Stick with Dr. Pooja Aragawal
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Designing Read Aloud Lessons That Build Understanding (and Actually Stick)
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Accountable Talk During Read Aloud: How to Move Beyond Turn and Talk to Real Thinking
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Why Read Aloud Still Matters in Grades 3-5
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Revisiting a Conversation: Why You Should Read What Your Upper Elementary Students Are Reading
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Why Students Forget What You Teach and How to Design Lessons That Stick
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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How to Fit Science of Learning Strategies Into Your Upper Elementary Literacy Mini Lesson
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Designing for Transfer in Reading Instruction
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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What Really Drives Student Motivation?
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Teaching Students How to Take Charge of their Learning
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Designing Reading Lessons That Outlast the Pacing Guide
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Helping Students Build Connected Meaning in Your Upper Elementary Literacy Classroom
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Why- How Your Students Learn and Practice Matters in your Upper Elementary Literacy Classroom
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Why Learning That Lasts Often Feels Hard
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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What Does it Mean for Learning to Stick in Your Upper Elementary Literacy Classroom?
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Leading Yourself When the System Falls Short
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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The 2025 Playbook Recap: Our Top 5 Most-Listened-To Episodes
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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From Reflection to Reset- The How Episode
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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The Mid Year Pause: Why Reflection Matters
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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The Motivated Literacy Classroom
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Building Competence – Helping Students Believe They Can
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Coaching for Motivation – Building Relatedness and Autonomy
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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The Science of Motivation – Why It Matters in Your Literacy Classroom
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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What Moves Them? Defining Motivation in the Literacy Classroom
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Finish Strong-ish Cultivating Classroom Community at the End of the Year
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Finish Strong-ish How to Keep Literacy Learning Front and Center at the End of the Year
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Finish the Year Strong-ish Making a Plan for your M.S.O.- Motivation, Self-Care and Organization
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Finish Strong-ish Permission to edit your vision
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Compare and Contrast Mini-Series: The What, The Why and The How of Comparing and Contrasting
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Compare and Contrast Series: The What, The Why and The How of Comparing
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Helping students internalize what you've taught them
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Teaching for Transfer: What is modeling and why does it matter in your literacy classroom?
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Teaching for Transfer: What is self regulation and why does it matter in our literacy classroom?
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Teaching for Transfer: Self-Efficacy and Upper Elementary Literacy
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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The Top 5 Episodes of 2024
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Teaching for Transfer: Get Students in the Zone in Your Upper Elementary Literacy Classroom
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Teaching for Transfer in Upper Elementary: The Difference Between Rote and Meaningful learning
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Building Independence: Cultivating a Community of Readers
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Building Independence: Growing critical thinkers and readers in the literacy classroom
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Building Independence: Nurturing a big word mindset in the literacy classroom
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Building Independence: promoting self leadership through goal setting in the literacy classroom
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Building Independence by cultivating a growth mindset in your upper elementary classroom
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Upper Elementary Book Study Series: Chapters 7 and 8 of Big Words for Young Readers
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Upper Elementary Summer Book Study Series- Chapters 5 and 6 of Big Words for Young Readers
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Upper Elementary Teacher Summer Book Study Series- Chapters 3 and 4 of Big Words for Young Readers
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Upper Elementary Teacher- Summer Podcast Series Chapters 1 and 2 of Big Words for Young Readers
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Summer Podcast Series- Book Study for Upper Elementary Teachers
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Summer Bucket List: Upper Elementary Teacher Edition
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Top 5 Most Listened to Episodes of Season 7
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May 29, 2024 |
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End of Year Reflection: How to Know When it’s Time to Make a Shift as an Upper Elementary Teacher
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May 15, 2024 |
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End of Year Reflection in Your Upper Elementary Classroom
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May 08, 2024 |
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Finish the Year Strong-ish: Cultivating a Community in Your Literacy Classroom
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May 01, 2024 |
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Finish the year Strong-ish Making Learning Front and Center in Our Post Testing Era
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Finish the year Strong-ish Leveraging the Behind the Scenes of Being an Upper Elementary Reading Teacher
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Finish The Year Strong-ish Casting a Vision for Your Future Self as an Upper Elementary Teacher
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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How to Leverage Small Group Instruction for Test Prep in Your Upper Elementary Classroom
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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How to Make Independent Reading Part of Your Upper Elementary Test Prep Strategy
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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How to Leverage Your Upper Elementary Read Aloud Time Within Your Test Prep Framework.
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Under Construction: Crafting Constructed Responses in Upper Elementary
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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How to use the mini lesson to teach vocabulary and word study in upper elementary.
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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The What, Why and How of SOR in the Upper Elementary Classroom
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Hitting the Refresh Button in your Upper Elementary Classroom
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Listener Favorite: Mid-Year Check In for an Upper Elementary Teacher
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Listener Favorite: 4 Steps for Crafting a Great Winter Break as an Upper Elementary Teacher
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Literacy Across the Content Areas in Upper Elementary- Math Edition
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Literacy Across Content Areas in Upper Elementary- Science and Social Studies Edition
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Literacy Across Content Areas in Upper Elementary- Why Literacy Should Be Everyone's Problem
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Why You Should Bet on Yourself, by Investing in Yourself as an Upper Elementary Teacher
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Why Community Matters On Your Professional Growth Journey as an Upper Elementary Teacher
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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What if I don't have the money to invest in my own PD as an Upper Elementary Teacher?
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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What do I do if I don't have a literacy coach?
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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How to Become a Lifelong Learner in Your Upper Elementary Literacy Classroom
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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The Real MVP of Your Upper Elementary Literacy Block
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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How to Not Stay Stuck In Survival Mode as an Upper Elementary Teacher
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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What matters most in your literacy classroom at the beginning of the school year?
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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What to prioritize when you're new to a grade level
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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That's a wrap...A Recap Episode
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May 25, 2023 |
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What's the deal with self care? How to Prioritize Self Care As An Upper Elementary Teacher
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May 16, 2023 |
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How to Reflect on Challenges in Your Upper Elementary Literacy Classroom
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May 09, 2023 |
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What's Going Right In Your Upper Elementary Classroom? An End Of Year Reflection
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May 02, 2023 |
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Why Should I Read What My Upper Elementary Students Read?
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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How Do I Support Struggling Students in Upper Elementary?
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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How do I differentiate instruction in the upper elementary literacy classroom?
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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What is Tier One Instruction in the Upper Elementary Classroom?
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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How do I help my upper elementary students bridge the gap to independence?
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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How Do I Find a Rigorous Resource For My Upper Elementary Students?
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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How Do I Choose A Quality Upper Elementary Resource ?
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Writing Across The Content Areas in Upper Elementary With The Renewed Teacher Part 2
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Writing Across Content Areas in Upper Elementary With The Renewed Teacher Part 1
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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How do I use one text for multiple mini lessons in an upper elementary classroom?
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Teaching Main Idea in Upper Elementary
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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How Do I Support My High Upper Elementary Readers?
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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How To Use Historical Fiction To Teach Black History in your Upper Elementary Classroom
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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What To Say Yes To During A Crazy Season
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Mid-Year Check in for Upper Elementary Teachers
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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How Do I Teach Poetry in Upper Elementary?
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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How Do I Teach Argumentative Text in Upper Elementary?
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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How Do I Teach Nonfiction in Upper Elementary?
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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How Do I Teach Fiction in Upper Elementary?
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Time Sucks and How to Avoid Them in the Upper Elementary Classroom
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Capacity: How to Respect It As An Upper Elementary Teacher
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Capacity-How to Build It As An Upper Elementary Teacher
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Systems The Real Self Care
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May 12, 2022 |
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Guided Book Clubs an Alternative to Literature Circles in the Upper Elementary Classroom
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May 05, 2022 |
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How To Lead A Literacy Revolution In Your Upper Elementary Classroom
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Grief and Teaching
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Mid Year PD Book Recommendations for Upper Elementary Reading Teachers
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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I'm Still Here
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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How To Get Upper Elementary Students To Love Reading Pt. 1
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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How To Get Upper Elementary Students To Love Reading Pt. 2
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Reset Your Upper Elementary Reading Block Any Time Of Year
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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3 Tips for Keeping Upper Elementary Students Reading Over Winter Break
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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4 Steps for Prepping Yourself For Winter Break as an Upper Elementary Teacher
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Launching Reading Response the Right Way in Upper Elementary
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Keeping Kids Accountable During Independent Reading in Upper Elementary
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Tips for Crafting a Virtual or In Person Mini Lesson in your Upper Elementary Classroom
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Mini Lesson Do's and Dont's/Coming Back from a Mini Lesson Bust in your Upper Elementary Classroom
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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What is a Mini Lesson in your Upper Elementary Classroom Anyway?
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Three Must Have Books For Launching Your Upper Elementary Reading Block
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Launching Independent Reading in Upper Elementary
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Beginning of the Year Goal Setting: Upper Elementary Student Edition
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Beginning of the Year Goal Setting: Upper Elementary Teacher Edition
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Recharging Your Batteries with Erin Myres
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Redefining Rest and Reflection with The Afro Educator
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Summer Bucket List Planning for Upper Elementary Teachers and Students
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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End of the year ideas for Upper Elementary Classrooms: Finish Strong
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May 16, 2021 |
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A Day In The Life of Test Prep in Upper Elementary
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Make Test Prep Fit Into Your Upper Elementary Reading Block
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Tips and Tricks for Virtual Guided Reading in Upper Elementary
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Guided Reading Basics in Upper Elementary
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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The simple tool that changed my teaching
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Teacher Self Reflection: Go from Surviving to Thriving with a Reflective Practice
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Meet Your Coach
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Mar 15, 2021 |