Smarter Teaching (with Rachel Wilser)

5 Quick Tips to Manage Grading Throughout the School Year in Under 15 Minutes!

Catch up on what I read this summer: The Four Winds; Open House; Beartown, and The Wrong Family. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Anxious People (⭐⭐⭐⭐); The Vanishing Half (⭐⭐⭐⭐) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Reviews of A Very Punchable Face (⭐⭐⭐); The House in the Cerulean Sea (⭐⭐⭐⭐) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

A Man Called Ove (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐); If You Tell (⭐⭐.5); Giver of Stars (⭐⭐⭐) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

What are flexible groups? How can I use them within my currently existing small group instruction?? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Book reviews of: One of Us is Lying; A Gentleman in Moscow; and The Guest List. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Let's save ourselves time, money, and sanity this year and cancel standardized tests! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

A Wilderness of Error (⭐⭐); When We Believed in Mermaids (⭐⭐⭐); American Predator (⭐⭐⭐); One of Us is Lying (in progress) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

5 tips for virtual or physical family/teacher conferences --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Born a Crime; Sweet Water; Ask Again, Yes; The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Reviews of I'm Still Here, The Nickel Boys, and The 57 Bus --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Back to school season is crazy. Listen for tips on how to plan meals for your whole week in under 20 minutes. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Reviews of Untamed (Glennon Doyle); The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides); The Reckoning (John Grisham) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Before We Were Yours; Winter Garden; The Dutch House --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Back to school is looming, and while we're not exactly sure what the start of this school year will look like we do know that time will be limited, as always. Today, I'm sharing 5 easy ways to save time in your classroom//school day. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

The Glass Castle (Jeanette Walls) Cilka's Journey (Heather Morris) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

I'm back, y'all! Reviews for 6 books this month on the literary pod. The Innocent Man; Blitzed; Know My Name; The Last House Guest; The Huntress; Where'd You Go, Bernadette? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Book reviews: The Hate U Give; Where the Crawdads Sing; The Nightingale; Nine Perfect Strangers --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Get 5 easy to implement tips to make grading and report cards more manageable! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Reviews of 6 books from the last 2 months! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

3 book reviews: Rising Strong (Brenè Brown), Present Over Perfect (Shauna Niequist), and The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Heather Morris) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Do you feel pulled in 1,000 different directions? Jack of all trades, expert of none? Take 15 minutes to listen to how setting an intention for your school year can help you focus deeply on improving one area of teaching. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Y'all, per our beach vacation, I'm reviewing FIVE books this month! 1 NF, 2 thrillers, and 2 general fiction --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Personal reviews and summaries of The Good Daughter, Low Warrior, and The Great Alone --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Take 10 minutes to find out how YOU can spend some intentional time on Sunday to make your entire week in the classroom run more smoothly. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Reviews of For the Love (Jan Hatmaker); The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins); and Dark Places (Gillian Flynn) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Book reviews of Force of Nature and Of Mess and Moxie

How do you set goals for Progress Monitoring; how do you collect data; and how do you track your data?? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

This month, I share my feelings on The Naturalist and A Dangerous Fortune.

Want to build confidence and critical thinking in your math class? Here's a quick intro to using complex tasks in your math classroom. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Beneath a Scarlet Sky & I Am Watching You --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Let's talk about how, and why, you want one central place for all the things, and how it will streamline your time and tasks. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Find our what I'm reading for fun now, and the 2 books I've recently read that totally consumed my life! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

How giving specific directions to kids can improve outcomes for adults --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Relax by the pool with this easy professional read! =) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Instead of daily to-do lists that spiral out of control, set 5 goals for the summer to free up your days and use your time more deliberately. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

3 quick tips for making it to the end of the school year with sanity and grace --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

Have students across levels who are stuck on the same strategy?? Try strategy groups during your SGI. Listen for a quick preview on how to use flexible groups to boost your instruction. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-wilser2/support

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