Ignite Your Teaching
A podcast to help inspire elementary teachers to improve their pedagogy, simplify their systems, and find time-saving tools for their classrooms.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 136
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
215: Learn More About Ignited Math
Have you ever wished that you could have your math program done for you so that you could spend more time with your students?
If so, Ignited Math is exactly what you need.
Ignited M…
214: Math and Assessment
How do you assess your students in math?
Some of the traditional methods of assessing math don’t give us the most accurate idea of a student’s abilities. Answers are often seen as bl…
213: The 4 Components of My Math Program That Help to Keep Everything Organized
In this episode, I’m sharing the components that I include in my math program to help me struct…
212: Creating Digital Products for Your Classroom with Microsoft Products
Did your school board switch to Microsoft products or restrict your access to Google resources when working with students?
In this episode, I’m walking you through how to use Microso…
211: 3 Myths About Writing Report Cards That Are Making Your Reports Take Longer
You need to stop spending so much time writing your report cards. There, I said it.
Writing your report cards does not have to be this huge endeavor that takes hours and hours outsid…
210: Write your Learning Skills Quickly and Easily with Student Evaluator
I am constantly looking for ways that I can simplify my report card writing so that it takes less time. The last thing I have is an additional 40 hours a week to be writing my report ca…
209: So You're Going Remote! 4 Things You are Not Going To Do When Pivoting to Remote Teaching
We are all anticipating remote teaching sooner rather than later…
In this episode, I am discussing the 4 things that you absolutely should not be doing when pivoting to remote.
We c…
208: Don't Take Your School Work Home Over the Holidays
Here’s my challenge for you as we approach the holidays: don’t take any work home with you on the last day of school. No marking, no schoolwork, and no planning. Do you think you can do…
207: Holiday Concert Ideas That Still Cover Curriculum
Let’s talk about holiday concerts.
They might look a little different during the pandemic, but I know a lot of you are still expected to get the whole school involved which means you…
206: What You Need To Stop Assessing Right Now
Are you trying to mark every single thing your students touch? Why? It’s too much!
I’m here to give you permission to stop. Trying to mark every single thing your students do is compl…
205: Get Ready for Parent-Teacher Interviews
How do you prepare for parent-teacher interviews?
Let’s talk about some of the best things you can do in advance and on the day to have your parent-teacher interviews run as smoothly…
204: 4 Tools That Have Changed My Teaching
What are your favorite teaching tools?
In this episode, I’m sharing four tools that have changed my teaching practice (and they’re probably not the kinds of tools you’re thinking of!)
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203: A Simple Way to Start Inquiry In Your Classroom
What’s holding you back from using inquiry in your classroom?
A lot of teachers tell me that inquiry is too hard for their students, so I want to tell you a story about my class to sh…
202: How to Manage a Difficult Classroom
How do you deal with a badly behaved class?
In this episode, I am diving into the very important topic of classroom management. Specifically, I am talking about how to manage that cla…
201: How to Assess Reading
Do you struggle with assessment?
I think every teacher does. Assessment is one of those things that you know you need to do but never have enough time for. I want to change that for y…
200: Ask Me Anything
Can you believe this is the 200th episode of the podcast?! Me neither.
Thank you so much for being a part of this journey. To celebrate, I wanted this episode to be an opportunity fo…
199: Classroom Management Fundamentals
Did you know that good classroom management can lead to more respect between you and your students?
Let’s talk about what classroom management is and why it’s important. It’s the thin…
197: Should We Teach Writing Form or Writing Process?
Do you focus more on teaching the writing process or teaching writing form in your classroom?
In this episode, we are digging into the difference between teaching the writing process…
196: Prepare Your Students and Yourself For Guided Reading
Do you have a plan for your guided reading this year?
I know that sometimes as teachers we guilt ourselves if we can’t get guided reading started right away, so I want to lift some o…
195: Run Literacy Centers in Junior Classroom
Do you use literacy centers in your classroom?
In this episode, I am talking about what literacy centers look like in my junior classroom because they look a little different from cen…