The Classroom Commute
If you have a classroom and a commute, then you're in the right place! The Classroom Commute Podcast is THE place for busy teachers who want actionable tips, simple teaching strategies, and a little fun on your ride in to school! Carpool with Rachael each week as she helps to send you in with a grin! Each week Rachael shares simple, yet powerful teaching tips, ideas, and strategies that will help you become a more effective teacher, and maybe help you enjoy your job a little more!You'll find actionable tips for how to make your lessons more engaging for your elementary students, ideas for including more classroom technology, new activities to implement, ways for building a stronger classroom community, and strategies for all content areas including science, social studies, reading, writing, and math!And of course, there will be a little teacher humor along the way! So - buckle up and let's hit the road on your classroom commute!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 149
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2022
Create Your Own Author Study! (How to Choose an Author)
There are a lot of things that we do as teachers to help turn our students on to reading. We hope that the books we read aloud to them or expose them to in our classroom libraries will help them to…
Help Your Students Learn Their Math Facts...FOR GOOD!
Let's face it. There are some things that students learn in school, take a test on, and then don't reeeeally need to remember ever again. (um - 10th grade logics and proofs anyone?) However, there …
Ways to Use Audio Books in the Classroom
Audio books are great for more than just a listening center. Although they are likely a staple in your reader's workshop instruction, they have potential that goes far beyond reading centers! Using…
The 7 Habits of Effective Teachers
Do you have a beautiful and organized looking classroom? Are all your lessons plans prepped and ready for the rest of the week/month/year? Does everything in your classroom match perfectly? Do you…
9 Ways to Use Music in the Classroom
Music can be so influential in the way we feel or think. Music has always played a huge part in my life growing up and even today. And - when it comes to the classroom, there are ENDLESS ways to us…
How to Survive a Difficult School Year
It was the first day of school.
I had *some* idea about the kinds of students that would enter in my classroom that year, but I had NO idea that the struggle would begin day 1.
Let me paint you a pictu…
How to Make Social Studies More Engaging in Your Upper Elementary Classroom
It's no secret - teaching history in the elementary classroom can be a struggle. Teachers are faced with the challenge of making people and events of the past relate-able to young students who have …
Creating A Classroom Community of Readers
Teachers often put a lot of their focus on monitoring and tracking their students' reading abilities and often forget to provide opportunities for students to connect with other readers in their clas…
Welcome to The Classroom Commute Podcast
Welcome to The Classroom Commute Podcast!
If you have a classroom and a commute, then you're in the right place! The Classroom Commute Podcast is THE place for busy teachers who want actionable tip…