Tracey & Traci talk to Dawn from Refactored Media about the process and planning that goes into making the Teachers Talking Teaching podcast.

Tracey and Traci continue their conversation with Lisa Plank, high school history and government teacher, and dig into talk about teaching controversial, timely topics in today's high school classrooms. Lisa shares how she teaching media literacy and multiple perspectives in her classes in order to bring in current events. She is also researching and designing a new course about indigenous cultures involving literacy and history. Join us to hear from this dynamic educator!

Amy Otteman-Freeman joins the podcast today to share her teaching origin story from growing up surrounded by educators in a small community during her own high school education to becoming an English educator in high school. Amy's joy for learning and for working with kids is evident as she talks with Traci & Tracey in this episode.

This week as we continue our conversation with Andrew Shumate, in his fourth year as a new teacher, share about how he inspires his students through his love of science. Andrew talks about how his masters degree program and understanding of inquiry-based science learning has spread to other subjects in his fourth grade classroom. Hear how new teachers can inspire experienced teachers with their new learning, understanding of kids, and passion for content.

On this episode of Teachers Talking Teaching, Traci & Tracey talk with Andrew Shumate, a new teacher to the profession, tell us about his journey to becoming a classroom teacher. Andrew shares how working in a science museum also contributed to his love of helping kids find joy in learning. You'll be inspired by Andrew's passion as he shares his teaching origin story.

Jo Dixon sits down with Traci & Tracey to talk about the challenges and joys of teaching physical education. This year Jo has taken on the challenge of being a district facilitator for PE and health. Hear how she has designed and carried out professional development for her teachers in her district in meaningful ways. Jo talks about the current focus on teaching students movement for life and health skills. She also shares the science behind using PE to address the social/emotional needs of kids, especially post-pandemic.

Tracey & Traci talk to Jo Dixon about how she entered the profession of teaching and coaching. Find out how Jo decided that teaching PE and health were her passion that she wanted to share with children through classroom teaching and athletic coaching.

In episode 14, Traci & Tracey continue the conversations around the science of reading. We also continue our conversation with Carla Hewitt as she shares what her role as an elementary literacy interventionist entails. She shares her best tips and tricks for gathering data, determining needs, and devising a plan for our struggling early readers and how to work with classroom teachers. Carla also shares her experiences as a professional development leader, specifically around LETRS training. https://www.lexialearning.com/letrs https://www.95percentgroup.com/

Join Traci & Tracey as they talk with Tami Wolff about inspiring middle schoolers to love reading and writing in her middle school classroom. Learn about her process of "PDER-ing" (planning, doing, evaluating and refining) and how she sets up the physical environment helps her build a comfortable and reflective space for both her and her students. She works to give her students real-life experiences that require them to reflect and defend their developing awareness of the world and their place in it.

Join us as we talk to Carla Hewitt and continue our conversations about literacy. Carla shares her origin story and what led her to become a literacy interventionist and also become a teacher of teachers.

Learn about how middle school English teacher Tami Wolff spent time learning her craft by experiencing schools all over the world. In this week's episode, we learn about Tami's teaching origin story from the Pacific islands to Alaska to Colorado.

Tracey and Traci talk about what teaching literacy is like in the upper elementary levels. We discuss the role of the read aloud, even with older students who can read themselves. The conversation also shifts to what do kids do in their independent reading time to deepen their understanding of the texts they are reading and become skeptical readers and consumers of text.

Video chapters
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00:00 - Intro
04:20 - First Chapter Fridays
05:33 - First Cat in Space Ate Pizza https://www.thefirstcatinspace.com/
05:55 - Independent Reading using work of Kylene Beers & Robert Probst
"Disruptive Thinking" by Beers & Probst & BHH (Book, Head, Heart) Reading https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/articles/disrupting-thinking.html
09:10 - Notice & Note Signposts
"Reading Nonfiction" by Beers & Probst
https://www.heinemann.com/products/e05080.aspx
"Notice & Note" by Beers & Probst
https://www.heinemann.com/products/e04693.aspx

Lisa Plank, high school social sciences and government teacher, joins Traci & Tracey today to talk about how she discovered her passion for history and teaching. Lisa shares how her life growing up overseas and a couple of years in the Peace Core led to her passion for other cultures and learning. She also talks with us about her journey private to public schools and from small town, rural school to urban/suburban, large school.

In this episode of our podcast, Tracey and Traci talk about teaching math in the high school classroom this week. Nate Balk, high school math teacher, shares how he values connecting with students and works to make math relevant and FUN! Nate also discusses how he teaches teachers and designs professional development to engage and inspires adult learners. We'll also share our tweets of the week and give you this week's reading on our Chocolate Barometer. We hope you enjoy, please like & subscribe today!

- Traci & Tracey

Video chapters
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00:00 - Intro:
01:00 - Origin Story
09:05 - Why of Math & Connecting with Engineering
11:30 - Developing PD for other Teachers
18:25 - Connecting in Math (to Students & to Story)
"Butt Slide" example - https://www.playlsi.com/en/commercial-playground-equipment/playground-components/corkscrew-climber-wpermalene-handholds/
20:55 - Building Relationships & Motivating Students
27:12 - Where's the Math? Justifying Game Play in Class
29:54 - Whiteboard Collaborative Math
https://www.amazon.com/Building-Thinking-Classrooms-Mathematics-Grades/dp/1544374836/ref=asc_df_1544374836/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459549136475&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7063719871415776478&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028898&hvtargid=pla-920320885855&psc=1
33:45 - Favorite Math Games & Resources
Math Games with Bad Drawings by Ben Orlin
https://www.amazon.com/Math-Games-Bad-Drawings-Challenging/dp/0762499869/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KNC1CE5C3EAD&keywords=math+bad+drawings&qid=1652066720&sprefix=math+bad+drawings%2Caps%2C104&sr=8-1
Ben Orlin Website
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/about-2/
Math Recess by Sunil Singh
https://www.amazon.com/Math-Recess-Playful-Learning-Disruption/dp/1948334100/ref=sr_1_1?crid=T8J2HJIQOHFE&keywords=math+recess&qid=1652066771&sprefix=math+recess%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-1
44:30 - The Future of Math Classes & Math as an Elective
50:27 - Top Tweet of the Week: In-person Award Assembly (Traci Gile)
52:20 - Top Tweet of the Week: In-person Musical and Science Field Trip (Tracey Bean)
54:28 - Top Tweet of the Week: Mathematical Art (Nate Balk)
57:39 - Chocolate Barometer (Nate Balk)
59:35 - Chocolate Barometer (Tracey Bean)
1:00:30 - Chocolate Barometer (Traci Gile)
1:00:49 - Like and Subscribe

In this episode of our podcast, Tracey and Traci talk about teaching math in the middle school classroom this week. Laura Saunders, middle school math teacher, shares how she has made the shift from teaching intermediate elementary to middle school math. She explores how she builds relationships with older students and how she makes math engaging. We'll also share our tweets of the week and give you this week's reading on our Chocolate Barometer. We hope you enjoy, please like & subscribe today!

- Traci & Tracey

Video chapters
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00:00 - Intro:
00:45 - Origin Story
04:05 - Shifting from Elementary to Middle School
04:40 - Kagen Structures in Math Class
https://www.kaganonline.com/free_arti...
07:01 - Teacher's Role in the Classroom
07:31 - How to Teach Students to be Math Coaches
08:40 - Setting up Games in Math Class
10:25 - Shifting Math Mindsets
https://www.youcubed.org/evidence/mis...
13:17 - Fluency in Math Facts
https://www.youcubed.org/evidence/flu...
15:00 - Addressing Speed in Math Classes
17:00 - What is New Math? And Teaching the "Why" in Math
19:20 - Teaching Problem Solving
21:30 - Explaining Mathematical Thinking
22:54 - Being in a K-8 Building & Vertical Conversations Across Grade Levels
https://sis4teachers.org/2014/11/13-r...
27:55 - Student Buddies Across Grade Levels
29:10 - Building Relationships with Middle Schoolers
32:00 - Lara's Best Piece of Advice - Relationships
33:20 - Chocolate Barometer (Lara)
35:18 - Top Tweet of the Week: Teacher Self Care (Traci Gile)
37:45 - Top Tweet of the Week: Choir Trip & Revolutionary War Simulation (Tracey Bean)
41:13 - Like and Subscribe

In this episode of our podcast, Tracey and Traci talk about teaching math in the elementary classroom. Tracey Bean digs into how she has reimagined math instruction thanks to a new book by Peter Liljedahl called "Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics." Traci Gile shares her experiences observing math intervention. We'll also share our tweets of the week and give you this week's reading on our Chocolate Barometer. We hope you enjoy, please like & subscribe today!

- Traci & Tracey

Resources
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Books
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Peter Liljedahl - Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics
https://www.amazon.com/Building-Thinking-Classrooms-Mathematics-Grades/dp/1544374836/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=building+thinking+classrooms+in+mathematics%2C+grades+k-12&qid=1649546999&sprefix=builiding+thinking+classroom%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-1

Facebook Group - Building Thinking Classrooms
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If you are interested in joining the ongoing discussion of Peter's ideas at work, request to join the group https://www.facebook.com/groups/buildingthinkingclassrooms

Video chapters
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00:00 - Intro: Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics by Peter Liljedahl
03:30 - Peter's Classroom Method
Peter Liljedahl Website https://www.peterliljedahl.com/
05:09 - Preparation: How I setup my classroom
06:29 - Phase 1: Non-curricular math problems
07:29 - Phase 2: Thin slicing versus mimicking
08:56 - Phase 3: Getting to the answer, not provided
09:59 - Learning personal responsibility
10:41 - Phase 4: Notes to my future forgetful self
12:12 - Time required for program
12:57 - Phase 5: Check your understanding
13:39 - Phase 6: Consolidation to share their thinking
14:22 - How kids develop their own math processes
15:51 - Assessing Work with Building Thinking Classrooms
17:58 - How Math Engagement Changed
21:30 - Rebuilding math learning through intervention - Implementing Advantage Math
28:30 - Top Tweet of the Week 1 Math (Tracey Bean)
30:27 - Top Tweet of the Week 2 Reading (Tracey Bean)
33:59 - Top Tweet of the Week (Traci Gile)
38:06 - Chocolate Barometer (Tracey Bean)
41:43 - Chocolate Barometer (Traci Gile)
43:03 - Like and Subscribe

In this episode of our podcast, we are joined by Elementary Music Teacher Cody Krueger. Cody shares his passion behind music education, some techniques for classroom management, and lots of fun stories about interacting with young learners as they build an appreciation for music in their life. We'll also give you this week's reading on our Chocolate Barometer and share our tweets of the week.

We hope you enjoy, please like & subscribe today!

- Traci & Tracey (and Cody)

Chapters
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00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Cody’s Origin Story
05:15 - Cody's Goals for Teaching Music
08:54 - Teaching Standards: Strategies for Assessing a Students Performance Abilities
14:57 - Using a Variety of Instruments in Musical Education
17:07 - Classroom Management for Musical Education
22:18 - Looking Ahead to Summer Institute
23:47 - Music Collaboration: Opportunities for Experiencing and Building Music Appreciation
28:36 - Chocolate Barometer (Cody)
31:36 - Chocolate Barometer (Tracey)
21:51 - Chocolate Barometer (Traci)
32:22 - Tweet of the Week (Tracey)
33:35 - Tweet of the Week (Traci)
35:57 - Tweet of the Week (Cody)
38:30 - Thanks, Like, and Subscribe

In this episode of our podcast, we are joined by Behavior Specialist, Natalee Jacobson. Natalee shares her learning about trauma's impact on learning and summarizes what the neurosequential model is. She shares her learning about the effects of childhood trauma - taking what we know about brain development (bottom to top, back to front) and how trauma interrupts the sequential development of the brain. Bruce Perry's model helps identify areas of strength and areas for improvement and gives specific methods of intervening. We'll also share our tweets of the week and give you this week's reading on our Chocolate Barometer. We hope you enjoy, please like & subscribe today!

- Traci & Tracey (and Natalee)

Resources
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Books
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Bruce Perry's Neurosequential Model https://www.neurosequential.com/
Bruce Perry's other books
(mentioned "Explosive Child" but written by Ross Greene not Perry https://drrossgreene.com/the-explosive-child.htm)
"Boy Who was Raised as a Dog" https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Raised-Psychiatrists-Notebook-What/dp/0465056539
"Born for Love" https://www.amazon.com/Born-Love-Empathy-Essential-Endangered/dp/0061656798/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3BYIXPLI0U78G&keywords=born+for+love&qid=1646953499&s=books&sprefix=born+for+lov%2Cstripbooks%2C100&sr=1-1
"What happened to You?" written with Oprah https://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-You-Understanding-Resilience/dp/1250223180/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1646953523&sr=1-1
Dan Siegel's model of the brain https://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-You-Understanding-Resilience/dp/1250223180/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1646953523&sr=1-1
Nadine Burk Harris Ted Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ovIJ3dsNk

Strategies for working with Behavior Problems
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Natalee shares strategies that are easy to implement and take only time in order to work on behavior modification with students.
Two-by-Ten https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/the-two-minute-relationship-builder
TUMS Laura Riffle (Touch, Use their name, Make eye contact, Smile)
https://www.edutopia.org/video/60-second-strategy-tums-door
Use rhythmic and repetitive actions - 60 seconds for 60 beats https://attachmentdisorderhealing.com/developmental-trauma-3/

Pandemic Mental Health
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Covid and remote learning have posed a challenge to teachers this year. Teachers across the country are experiencing the same problems. Students need help building peer relationships and negotiating typical issues of that. They need structure to learn to interact appropriately - modeling, role playing and direct teaching. To make a more permanent change, students need to practice a new behavior 20-30 repetitions to really learn.
AAA (Apology, Aha, Appreciation) Meetings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIel4r3uK9k

Video chapters
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00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Natalee's Origin Story
02:48 - Neurosequential Model Training around Trauma
09:15 - Strategies for working with Behavior Problems
14:09 - Improving relationships with kids
16:25 - 60-60 Music patterns
18:15 - Pandemic Mental Health
25:50 - Chocolate Barometer: Natalee Jacobson
27:37 - Chocolate Barometer: Tracey Bean
28:19 - Chocolate Barometer: Traci Gile
28:48 - Tweet of the Week: Tracey Bean
30:10 - Tweet of the Week: Traci Gile
31:40 - Tweet of the Week: Natalee Jacobson
33:19 - Thanks, Like, and Subscribe

In this episode of our podcast, we discuss some important lessons from the pandemic and we'll share our Treasure, Take, and Toss from the experience. We'll also dig into "What's Poppin" this week and give you a reading on the Chocolate Barometer. We hope you enjoy, please like & subscribe today!

- Traci & Tracey

Resources
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Articles
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Forbes: "Why Education Is About To Reach A Crisis Of Epic Proportions"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markcper...

NPR: "A top researcher says it's time to rethink our entire approach to preschool"
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/10/107940...

Puzzles to Solve
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Oodle - https://mathszone.co.uk/resources/grid/
Nerdle - https://nerdlegame.com/
Mathler - https://www.mathler.com/

This is the first episode for our new podcast, "Teachers Talking Teaching". We aim to share, empathize, and inspire our audience and celebrate the work of teachers in our community - near and far. We hope you enjoy and please subscribe today!

Brenden Gallagher, high school language arts, film and media teacher, continues his talk with Traci and Tracey today. Brenden helps us understand what project-based learning can be - how to allow for learning, failure, goal-setting and trust. We talk about the "messiness" of projects and how Brenden puts processes and structures in place to scaffold student learning. He also works to create authentic audiences for student film projects and build in a natural feedback and reflection loop. We also have an honest conversation about the mental health of teachers and how to do this job we love but find balance.

This week Traci & Tracey continue learning from Jason Tyler about his joy of working with students to produce a high school musical. Jason's program was selected to showcase their fall musical at a state thespian conference and he shares how that process worked out. He also talks about the process he goes through to put together a season of shows and learning experiences that will benefit students the most and also about how he works with administration to select performances. Jason shares the importance of teamwork in the theater world too.

Traci & Tracey had the joy of learning about high school language arts and film teacher Brenden Gallagher's origin story in today's episode of Teachers Talking Teaching. Join us to hear about how he worked in the film industry before deciding to become a teacher and educate kids about film writing, directing and producing. He shares his experiences learning to balance work and home and teaching the things you love and enjoy. We also chat about how to hook kids and teach them the art AND the craft of film and writing. Brenden also talks about the future of his program in his school as they merge the theater and film program for a new accreditation with benefits for students' career prep.

Traci & Tracey continue their conversation with Stacy Ruffer, high school English and Computer Science teacher, this week. Stacy shares how he keeps his own passion for English alive by being part of a teacher book club and continuing his own learning of computer science by challenging himself to learn a new coding language. The discussion explores motivating students with coding events, getting kids real-life, job-related experience, and building relationships with kids. We also dive into a conversation about ChatGPT's usefulness in the classroom as a tool in both the English and Computer Science classrooms.

Today Traci & Tracey talk to Jason Tyler, high school Language Arts, Theatre, and Film teacher. Hear about Jason's journey through college to find the right fit of majors and following an unconventional path to gaining a teaching license. Jason talks about how he explored his passions and grew a theatre program at his current high school.

Join us as we listen to Stacy Ruffer, English and Computer Science high school teacher, share about his journey to become a teacher and merge his love of these two subjects with his love of working with kids.

In today's episode, we return to the literacy conversations that we started earlier in this season with Amy Otteman-Freeman, a high school English teacher. Traci & Tracey talk with Amy about how she combines her love of history and literature in her high school English classes. Amy also shares her special love for British literature and how gets kids to be inspired by it too. Listen today to see how she works to make students better readers, better writers, and better humans.

Sin & Syntax: How to Create Wicked Good Prose https://www.amazon.com/Sin-Syntax-Craft-Wicked-Prose/dp/0385346891/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2SD5WQW7ZWBW5&keywords=sin+and+syntax&qid=1675625234&sprefix=sin+and+syntax%2Caps%2C244&sr=8-1