The Reading Teacher's Playbook with Eva Mireles

In this episode:            I talk about the what, why and how of maintaining the community that you've worked hard to cultivate all year long.We talk about:1.What it means to cultivate community.2. Why cultivating community during our post testing era matters.3.How to cultivate community after the state testing in upper elementary.Quotables:-Cultivating community means to foster the growth and closeness of a group of students and/or staff members so that they feel a sense of belonging.-Teachers are an invaluable resource and support for their students as they navigate any anxiety they are feeling about upcoming changes as they change grade levels.- Revisiting this year's favorite classroom read-alouds is one way that you can cultivate community. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast:Sign up for the Finish Strong-ish Workshop Here!Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional developmentNext Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles. This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today.The Reading Teacher's Playbook Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher.Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.'Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.”Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in infoLeave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best)Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcastClick ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode:            I talk about the what, why and how of keeping literacy  learning front and center at the end of the school year. We talk about:1.What does it mean to keep learning front and center.2. Why keeping learning front and center during our post testing era matters.3.How to infuse your literacy block with purposeful learning after the state testing in upper elementary.Quotables:-Oftentimes the end of the school year will have us chunking the progress students have made right out the window a month early because we haven't proactively thought about how to keep the learning the main thing at this point of the school year. -If we abandon our literacy learning routines in the name of relaxing the rest of the school year then we miss our chance to lead by example when it comes to life long learning.- Taking time to plan will help you to incorporate review of literacy skills and fun.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast:Sign up for the Finish Strong-ish Workshop Here!Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional developmentNext Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles. This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today.The Reading Teacher's Playbook Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher.Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.'Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.”Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in infoLeave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best)Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcastClick ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode:            I talk about the what, why and how of leveraging the behind the scenes of being an upper elementary reading teacher to help you end the year strong-ish.We talk about:1.What is the behind the scenes of teaching.2. Why you should focus on controlling the controllables at the end of the school year. 3. What is your M.S.O. and how do you plan for it?Quotables:-Teaching requires a lot of teachers and most of what it requires is intellectual. This means that there is often not a lot of room leftover for unnecessary real estate in our brains and yet we give a lot of this space away rent free.  -It's important to give some thought to our M.S.O. (our motivation, self care and organization) It's also important to put some intention behind these so that we have enough mental bandwidth to generate creative solutions to all of the other things that are running around rent free in our minds. - I like to think of self care as an act of resistance, because education is a system that will try to take all of everything you give it. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast:Sign up for the Finish Strong-ish Workshop Here!Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional developmentControl the Controllable in Sports by: Sidd SamplaNext Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles. This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today.The Reading Teacher's Playbook Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher.Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.'Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.”Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in infoLeave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best)Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcastClick ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode:            I talk about the what, why and how of casting a vision that will help you finish the year strong-ishWe talk about:1.What it means to cast a realistic vision for the end of the school year in your upper elementary literacy classroom. 2. Why casting a vision is a form of self care that your future self will thank you for. 3.How asking yourself 4 simple questions will help you cast a vision for ending the year strong-ish. 4. What the research has to say about how casting a vision can help fuel creativity and motivation.Quotables:-There is nothing wrong with enjoying some chill time with students, but we all know that if we take students way out of their routine they will take it as permission to live their best life at the expense of our patience and sanity.  -Taking time to cast a vision for  what we want the end of the school year to look like, sound like and feel like helps us decide for ourselves what will be most important in our classrooms before our admin comes in and decides this for us. -I am going to help you hold the tension of and. You need to pack up your room and your students need to feel a sense of normalcy. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast:Sign up for the Finish Strong-ish Workshop Here!Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional developmentWhy Imagining a Positive Future is Crucial for Progress?Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles. This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today.The Reading Teacher's Playbook Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher.Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.'Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.”Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in infoLeave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best)Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcastClick ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode:Listen in as we talk about what the research says about the What, the Why and the How that finding similarities and differences across texts plays in their reading lives. We talk about:Listen to the final episode in our compare and contrast mini series.  We are talking all about contrasting, what it is, why it matters and how it impacts your literacy classroom. We will also talk about how to help students compare and contrast across multiple texts.Quotables: -When we contrast we are using a higher or thinking skill to discern the relationship between two or more things to decide how those things are unlike or dissimilar to each other. -According to Marzano, students who are able to identify similarities and differences are then able to better understand and solve complex problems.- The research notes that using a graphic organizer is ideal so our tried and true venn diagrams are research backed as a way to help students compare, contrast and classify. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast:Finish-Strong ish 2025 Marzano's Nine Instructional Strategies for Effective Teaching and Learning Episode 104: Compare and Contrast Series: The What, The Why and The How of ComparingBook a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional developmentGrab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles. This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today.The Reading Teacher's Playbook Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher.Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.'Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.”Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in infoLeave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best)Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcastClick ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode:Listen in as we talk about what the research says about the What, the Why and the How of making comparisons in your upper elementary literacy classroomWe talk about:Listen to the first episode in our compare and contrast series.  We are talking all about comparing, what it is, why it matters and how it impacts your literacy classroom. Quotables: -When we compare we are using a higher or thinking skill to discern the relationship between two or more things to decide how those things are similar to each other. -It is important to teach students the skill of comparing because we are constantly asking students to make comparisons without first defining what that is and teaching them how to do it. -Students need to be able to distinguish between things being similar or the same especially when it comes to comparing characters, settings or themes in the literacy classroom Links to resources mentioned in the podcast:Rote Vs. Meaningful Learning Richard Mayer (2002)Episode 97: Teaching for Transfer in Upper Elementary: The Difference Between Rote and Meaningful LearningBook a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional developmentGrab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles. This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today.The Reading Teacher's Playbook Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher.Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.'Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.”Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in infoLeave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best)Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcastClick ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode:Listen in as we talk about what the research says about the role modeling plays in increasing a student's self-efficacy and self-regulation. This is a sneak peek at a workshop all about teaching students how to internalize what you've taught them.We talk about:What the research has to say is the missing link between what you're teaching students and how to get them to internalize what you've taught them. Quotables: -Modeling plays a vital role in the first two levels of self-regulation. They provide the vehicle by which students can retain the information they observed and transform that into something that they can do on their own. -Research shows that the missing link between modeling and your students internalizing what you've taught them is including: a value based goal, providing process driven feedback and verbalization of the strategy. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast:Schunk, D. H., & Zimmerman, B. J. (2007). Influencing     children's self-efficacy and self-regulation of reading and writing through modeling. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 23, 7-25.Link to ArticleFor the Love of Real Learning WorkshopBook a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional developmentGrab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles. This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today.The Reading Teacher's Playbook Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher.Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.'Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.”Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in infoLeave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best)Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcastClick ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about what the research says about the importance of modeling in your literacy classroom. We talk about:  What modeling is, what the research says about it and how you can impact it so that you can increase student learning in your classroom. Quotables:  - Modeling is the process by which learners pattern their thoughts, beliefs and behaviors after those displayed by one or more models.  -Models provide students with examples of others who have successfully carried out the skill or strategy you are trying to teach. This serves as a form of proof that they too can learn to execute this skill or strategy.  -Modeling plays a vital role in the first two levels of self-regulation. They provide the vehicle by which students can retain the information they observed and transform that into something that they can do on their own.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Schunk, D. H., & Zimmerman, B. J. (2007). Influencing     children's self-efficacy and self-regulation of reading and writing through modeling. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 23, 7-25.Link to Article ⁠For the Love of Real Learning Workshop ⁠ Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about what the research says about self-regulation, why it matters and how it impacts students in your classroom. We talk about:  What self-regulation is, what the research says about it and how you can impact it so that you can increase student learning in your classroom. Quotables:  - Self-regulation as the capacity to understand and direct one's own learning.  -Self-regulation skills can and should be explicitly taught and frequently reviewed in order to help students be successful. -Awareness of the levels of self-regulation should impact our instruction. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Schunk, D. H., & Zimmerman, B. J. (2007). Influencing     children's self-efficacy and self-regulation of reading and writing through modeling. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 23, 7-25.Link to Article ⁠For the Love of Real Learning Workshop ⁠ Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about self-efficacy and how it impacts your upper elementary literacy classroom.  We talk about: What self-efficacy, why knowing what it is matters in your literacy classroom and how to help raise it. Hear what the research says its impact is in your literacy classroom and what you can do to impact it. Quotables:  -Self-Efficacy refers to what a student thinks they are able to do as it relates to learning and their ability to perform a task.  -Self-efficacy can be influenced by a student's environment, and a student's self-efficacy can impact how they behave in their learning environment.  -Even students with a high self-efficacy will not attempt a task if they don't feel equipped to handle it.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Schunk, D. H., & Zimmerman, B. J. (2007). Influencing     children's self-efficacy and self-regulation of reading and writing through modeling. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 23, 7-25.Link to Article For the Love of Real Learning Workshop Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as I wrap up as we recap the top 5 podcast episodes of 2024. We talk about: The top 5 most listened to episodes of the podcast this year and the main takeaways. I also included a tip for a learning process that you can help influence when we come back from winter break.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Research:  National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: (2018). How People Learn II: Learners, Contexts, and Cultures. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. DOI: 10.17226/24783. Link to book Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about why your students may not be applying what you've taught them and some ways to fix that. We talk about:  The what, the why and the how of teaching students in their zone of proximal development. What the research says good learning is. Tangible steps for making this happen in your classroom. Quotables:  - Zone of proximal development is the distance between what a child can do independently (actual development) and what they can do with assistance (level of potential development). -  Good learning is defined as what is delivered in advance of development. -Providing appropriate support means that you allow students to engage in productive struggle.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Interaction Between Learning and Development  Launching Independent Reading Workshop Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about how to bridge the gap between rote learning and meaningful learning in your upper elementary literacy classroom. We talk about: The what, the why and the how of teaching students so that they apply what you've taught them. Learn what the research says the goal of learning is. Walk away with tangible steps for making this happen in your classroom. Quotables:  - Teaching for transfer matters in our literacy classrooms. It is the entire point of teaching. It's what helps our students grow as readers, thinkers and learners.  - Transfer is what we think of when we teach a student how to divide words into syllables during our word study time and then the same student is able to use this knowledge to decode multisyllabic words during their independent reading time.   -As educators we need to ensure that students understand that what they are about to learn matters and why. Making sure that students know why they are learning something is one way to attain student attention.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Rote Vs. Meaningful Learning Richard Mayer (2002) Launching Independent Reading Workshop Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about promoting self leadership through cultivating a community of readers in the upper elementary literacy classroom. We talk about: The what, the why and the how of building independence by promoting self leadership through cultivating a community of readers in the upper elementary literacy classroom. Quotables:  -Cultivating a community of readers means that we create an environment where upper elementary students take on the identity of reader no matter what their current proficiency level with reading may be.   - Cultivating a community of readers in your literacy classroom matters, because your classroom could be the only place where students have gotten to claim that identity.  -We need to teach students what it means to be a reader and how to be part of a community of readers. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Launching Independent Reading Workshop Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about promoting self leadership through growing critical thinkers and readers in the literacy classroom. We talk about: The what, the why and the how of building independence by promoting self leadership through growing critical thinkers and readers in your upper elementary literacy classroom. Quotables:  -Growing critical thinkers and readers means that we create an environment where upper elementary students read a text, think about the text and respond to the text in a way that clarifies their thinking.  -  We need to help our students become critical thinkers and readers because it's in the reading, thinking and writing about what they have read that students begin to formulate their thinking.  -Take time to remind students of what it means to be a critical thinker. Students are not going to remember how to apply critical thinking skills on their own. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Launching Independent Reading Workshop Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about promoting self leadership through nurtutring a big word mindset. We talk about: The what, the why and the how of building independence by promoting self leadership through nurturing a big word mindset in your upper elementary literacy classroom. Quotables:  -A big word mindset is one in which a student has developed confidence in their ability to attempt and successfully decode a multisyllabic word. -  If students don't have a strategy and a track record for success when it comes to tackling big words, then they will just avoid them.  -Take time to point out when you notice students displaying a big word mindset. Explicitly name what the student did and how that helped them. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Launching Independent Reading Workshop Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about promoting self leadership through goal setting as a way to foster independence in your literacy classroom.  We talk about: The what, the why and the how of building independence by promoting self leadership through goal setting in your upper elementary literacy classroom. Quotables:  -Self leadership in the literacy classroom is a student's ability to define a goal they are working towards based on their knowledge of themselves and the areas that they want to grow in as it relates to literacy. - If students are simply just trying to get better at something, but don't have a goal for what they are trying to achieve then their efforts will be in vain.  -A goal is only effective in motivating self leadership if a student remembers what it was.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Launching Independent Reading Workshop Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as we talk about helping students develop a growth mindset in order to foster independence during your upper elementary literacy block.  We talk about: The what, the why and the how of building independence by cultivating a growth mindset in your upper elementary literacy classroom. Quotables:  -Independence is the ability of a student to do something that we have taught them to do without relying on us and being capable of acting for oneself. -In order to cultivate independence in our literacy classrooms we need to make helping students develop a growth mindset part of our plan. -We set the tone for this shift in student thinking and we have to ensure that we are ready to highlight the positive examples of growth mindset when we see them.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Launching Independent Reading Workshop Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as we continue our summer book study of the book “Big Words For Young Readers” by Heidi Anne Mesmer.  We talk about: Chapters 7 and 8 of the book which covers the skills that students working on 2nd-5th grade skills should be taught and how to teach them. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Sign Up for summer podcast book study Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Summer Bucket List Resource Online Summer Conferences: SImply Coaching Summit 2024 Mind Your Coaching Institute 2024 Linked Upper Elementary Teacher Conference  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as we continue our summer book study of the book “Big Words For Young Readers” by Heidi Anne Mesmer.  We talk about: Chapters 5 and 6 of the book which covers the skills that students working on K-2nd grade skills should be taught and how to teach them. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Sign Up for summer podcast book study Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Summer Bucket List Resource Online Summer Conferences: SImply Coaching Summit 2024 Mind Your Coaching Institute 2024 Linked Upper Elementary Teacher Conference  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as we continue our summer book study of the book “Big Words For Young Readers” by Heidi Anne Mesmer.  We talk about: Chapters 3 and 4  of the book which cover which assessments we should giving students, what ingredients are needed for students to learn big words and how to provide research based big word instruction. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Sign Up for summer podcast book study Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Summer Bucket List Resource Online Summer Conferences: SImply Coaching Summit 2024 Mind Your Coaching Institute 2024 Linked Upper Elementary Teacher Conference  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as we continue our summer book study of the book “Big Words For Young Readers” by Heidi Anne Mesmer.  We talk about: Chapters 1 and 2 of the book which cover what word parts our language is composed of and the importance of a scope and sequence. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Sign Up for summer podcast book study Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Summer Bucket List Resource Online Summer Conferences: SImply Coaching Summit 2024 Mind Your Coaching Institute 2024 Linked Upper Elementary Teacher Conference  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Hey Upper Elementary Teacher! Listen in as we launch our summer book study of the book “Big Words For Young Readers” by Heidi Anne Mesmer.  We talk about: Why the 4 reasons the author wrote the book. Why I chose this particular text. Why I think you should join us in this book study.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Sign Up for summer podcast book study Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Summer Bucket List Resource Online Summer Conferences: SImply Coaching Summit 2024 Mind Your Coaching Institute 2024 Linked Upper Elementary Teacher Conference  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review:

In this episode: Listen in as I give you tangible steps for crafting a bucket list that helps you come back in the fall rested, and ready to start back in the fall.  We talk about: How to craft a realist summer bucket list for yourself and a plan to make it happen. We also talk about how to help your students do the same. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Sign Up for summer podcast book study Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Summer Bucket List Resource Online Summer Conferences: SImply Coaching Summit 2024 Mind Your Coaching Institute 2024 Linked Upper Elementary Teacher Conference  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode: Listen in as I wrap up season 7 of the podcast.  We talk about: The top 5 most listened to episodes of the podcast this season and the main takeaways. I also mentioned how we can hang out this summer. Give the episode a listen and jot down the episodes that you need to binge right now.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Grab my free guide for keeping your mini lesson mini  Get on the mini lesson revamp bootcamp waitlist Online Summer Conferences: SImply Coaching Summit 2024 Mind Your Coaching Institute 2024 Linked Upper Elementary Teacher Conference  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the what, why and how of reflecting your career goals as a teacher and using that reflection time to decide if it's time to make a career shift.  We talk about: 1.What it means to reflect on our career goals as a teacher.  2. Why taking time to reflect on your career goals is an important part of longevity in education.  3.How to reflect on your career goals in a way that helps you choose next steps.  Quotables: - You have permission to dream without guilt. To envision possibilities without a sense of responsibility to this system that we call education. -  How can we possibly teach students to dream big dreams for their lives, if we refuse to dream at all for ourselves? -Taking time to reflect on our career goals helps us take our power back and not place the responsibility for this decision on work conditions like student or colleague behavior.     Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the what, why and how of reflecting on our past school experiences and the positive and/or negative impact they have on your teaching.  We talk about: 1.What it means to reflect on our school experiences.  2. Why taking time to reflect on past school experiences is a necessary step in growing our practice as teachers.  3.How to reflect on both the positive experiences and think about the impact they have on your teaching.  Quotables: - Our school experiences whether positive or negative are likely impacting how we show up in our classrooms with our students every single day. - There have been times when a teacher has told me that they hate teaching reading, because they themselves feel like they weren't good at reading.  -I had a teacher who would tutor me in highschool and helped me to see that I could figure things out as a learner. She showed me what a growth mindset was before that was a thing.    Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Linked Conference for Upper Elementary Teachers Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the what, why and how of making learning front and center in our post testing era  We talk about: 1.What it means to cultivate community. 2. Why cultivating community during our post testing era matters. 3.How to cultivate community after the state testing in upper elementary. Quotables: -Cultivating community means to foster the growth and closeness of a group of students and/or staff members so that they feel a sense of belonging. -Teachers are an invaluable resource and support for their students as they navigate any anxiety they are feeling about upcoming changes as they change grade levels. - Revisiting this years favorite classroom read-alouds is one way that you can cultivate community.   Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Sign up for the Finish Strong-ish Workshop Here! Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the what, why and how of making learning front and center in our post testing era  We talk about: 1.What does it mean to keep learning front and center. 2. Why keeping learning front and center during our post testing era matters. 3.How to infuse your literacy block with purposeful learning after the state testing in upper elementary. Quotables: -Oftentimes the end of the school year will have us chunking the progress students have made right out the window a month early because we haven't proactively thought about how to keep the learning the main thing at this point of the school year.  -If we abandon our literacy learning routines in the name of relaxing the rest of the school year then we miss our chance to lead by example when it comes to life long learning. - Taking time to plan will help you to incorporate review of literacy skills and fun.    Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Sign up for the Finish Strong-ish Workshop Here! Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the what, why and how of leveraging the behind the scenes of being an upper elementary reading teacher to help you end the year strong-ish. We talk about: 1.What is the behind the scenes of teaching. 2. Why setting intention around the behind the scenes of teaching matters when planning to end the year strong-ish. 3.How to leverage the behind the scenes of teaching to help you end the year strong-ish. Quotables: -When I refer to the term back end I'm referring to those things that happen behind the scenes. Those things that if they don't happen then you don't actually ever get to the teaching portion of the day.   -Taking time to consider the behind the scenes of our jobs and create a plan for it helps give us some of that power back.When we feel empowered we operate from an entirely different frequency which positively impacts everyone around us.  - I like to think of self care as an act of resistance, because education is a system that will try to take all of everything you give it.   Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Sign up for the Finish Strong-ish Workshop Here! Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the what, why and how of casting a vision that will help you finish the year strong-ish in your upper elementary classroom. We talk about: 1.What it means to cast a realistic vision for the end of the school year in your upper elementary literacy classroom.  2. Why casting a vision is a form of self care that your future self will thank you for.  3.How asking yourself 4 simple questions will help you cast a vision for ending the year strong-ish.  Quotables: -There is nothing wrong with enjoying some chill time with students, but we all know that if we take students way out of their routine they will take it as permission to live their best life at the expense of our patience and sanity.   -Taking time to cast a vision for  what we want the end of the school year to look like, sound like and feel like helps us decide for ourselves what will be most important in our classrooms before our admin comes in and decides this for us.  -I am going to help you hold the tension of and. You need to pack up your room and your students need to feel a sense of normalcy.   Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Sign up for the Finish Strong-ish Workshop Here! Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the what, why and how to leverage your small group time as part of your test prep strategy. We talk about: 1.What test prep should look like during your upper elementary literacy block. 2. Why leveraging small group instruction should be a part of your test prep strategy. 3.How to incorporate small group instruction into your test prep strategy using 3 simple steps. Quotables: -Upper elementary students are just like us, if they think they already know how to do something they check out, if they are bored with the material or the presentation of the material they check out.  -Small group test prep helps you monitor student engagement, address test anxiety, and tailor instruction to what your upper elementary students need most.  -Both standardized and anecdotal data should help you plan for what skills students need  help reviewing during small group instruction.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Test Prep Planning Guide  Episode 76 Episode 77 Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the what, why and how using independent reading time as part of your test prep strategy. We talk about: 1.What a test prep framework is. 2. Why independent reading should be a part of your test prep strategy. 3.How to incorporate independent reading into your test prep strategy using 4 simple steps. Quotables: -We said that test prep should be incorporated into your already established reading block and  that it should be used to review already taught skills in a different format. -When paired with an appropriate text, independent reading time helps students to build reading stamina as well as reduce stress and anxiety. -Both standardized and anecdotal data should help you plan for what skills students need  help reviewing during their independent reading time.    Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the what, why and how of using read aloud with accountable talk as part of your test prep strategy. We talk about: 1.What test prep is and what it isn't. 2. Why read aloud should be a part of your test prep strategy. 3.How to leverage your read aloud time within your test prep framework. Quotables: -Test prep should feel like a time of review for students. It should feel like an opportunity to apply the skills that they have already learned in a different format.  -Read-aloud creates a shared experience, it provides an opportunity to practice active listening,it's an inclusive practice and it helps to reduce stress during this potentially stressful time in the year.  -Studies show that being read to helps to reduce stress, anxiety levels and heart rate. Which makes read-aloud the perfect component of your test prep plan.   Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Test Prep Planning Guide  Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the what, why and how of helping students write constructed responses in the upper elementary classroom.  We talk about: 1.What reading response is and how it relates to constructed responses. 2. Why constructed responses should have a place in your upper elementary literacy classroom. 3.How you can help your upper elementary students write constructed responses independently. Quotables: -Reading response opportunities help upper elementary students deepen their comprehension and engage in productive struggle.  -Reading response refers to a tool used to deepen understanding of the text as your upper elementary students read and interact with the text.  -Upper elementary students need to engage in productive struggle in order to become more proficient at independently crafting constructed responses.    Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode: I talk about the what, why and how of using the mini lesson framework to teach vocabulary and word study skills in your upper elementary classroom. We talk about: 1.What is vocabulary and word study instruction? 2. Why does vocabulary and word study instruction matter in the classroom? 3.How can I use the mini lesson to vocabulary and word study skills? Quotables: -Students need access to word study and vocabulary instruction in the upper elementary classroom in order to help them read and understand text on a deep level. -In grades 3-5 students are required to read multisyllabic words and need to be taught how to do this. - The mini lesson is the only framework that respects student attention spans and builds in a way to move students from novice to apprentice intentionally and effectively. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Episode 61: The Real MVP of Your Literacy Block Grab Your Free Mini Lesson Guide Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles. Leave a Rating and Review: This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the what, why and how of SOR or Science of Reading in the upper elementary classroom.  We talk about: 1.What is the science of teaching reading? 2. Why does this research matter to upper elementary teachers? 3.How can I implement it into my literacy block?  Quotables: -SOR centers explicit and systematic instruction in the skills that teach students how to decode and understand what they read. -Science of Reading matters, because ensuring that all students have access to explicit and systematic instruction ensures a more equitable experience for all students.  - The best way to deliver explicit instruction in each component of reading is to use the mini lesson framework Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Episode 61: The Real MVP of Your Literacy Block Grab Your Free Mini Lesson Guide Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about why this is a great time to embrace that new year energy and hit the refresh button on the evidence based tier one literacy practices. We talk about: 1.What does it mean to hit the refresh button on evidence based tier one literacy practices. 2. Why you may need to hit the refresh button on evidence based tier one literacy practices in the first place. 3.How to go about hitting that refresh button in a doable way.  Quotables: -The term refresh means to come back to a commitment or practice with renewed energy and strength.  -One reason to hit the refresh button mid-year is because you started off strong and now have fallen off and want to get back on track in implementing evidence based practices in your upper elementary literacy classroom. -One way to hit the refresh button on your literacy practices is to read a professional book and implement what you learned. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:  Listen in as I give you tangible steps that you can use to conduct your mid-year check in. I even get vulnerable and do mine here on the podcast so that you can see how easy and beneficial it is to do one. I talk about: I talk about the what, the why and the how of conducting a mid-year check in. 1.The What- a mid-year check in is a meeting that you do with yourself half way through the year and reflect or think about the practices surrounding your literacy block.  2. The Why- No one in your life knows the highs and lows that you have experienced so far this school year, better than you. 3. The How- designate a place and time to do this. Then you needed to grab a sheet of paper and ask yourself a series of questions. Quotables: Now is a perfect time for a check in as the celebrations and pitfalls of the school year are still fresh on your mind. Although, we like and value the feedback of an admin, coach or colleague. The honest feedback we get from ourselves can and should be just as valued.  Thinking of what is going well in your classroom will open your eyes and will help you to see just how many wins there are once you have a chance to actually think about it.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Mid-Year Check In Form Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school PD Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

Listen in as: We revisit this listener favorite where I give you actionable ideas that you can use to get yourself ready to truly enjoy your winter break.  I talk about: The things you need to do to start your break off right, why it's important to think about how you want to feel at the end of your break before it starts and ways to reignite your passion for teaching before coming back in the new year.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: 4 steps to crafting a mini lesson One on One Coaching Support Next Steps: Hit subscribe so you don't miss an episode Join our podcast FB community so you can get other ideas to add to your playbook Fill out the google form to tell me your challenges and what you would like to hear on the podcast Follow me on instagram at msevamireles Join my in the know list so you don't miss an episode and get my free guide for how to DIY a mini lesson that makes learning stick --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the evidence based practices you need to be embedding into your Math block. We talk about: 1.What students need in order to become proficient readers and how you are already tackling this in your Math block.  2. Why embedding evidence based literacy practices into your Math block just makes sense.  3.How to embed evidence based literacy practices into your Math block  Quotables: -Students need to be able to understand what the problem is asking them to solve as well as identify key details as well as unnecessary ones. This requires explicit instruction in determining importance. -Students need to be able to visualize the different parts of the problem in order to solve them.This requires knowledge of and instruction of academic vocabulary. -Math and reading are hot button subjects for students and they often feel pretty strongly about their ability to see themselves as good at math or not. I bring this up, because part of these mindsets stem from their ability to feel successful when it comes to math. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the evidence based practices you need to be embedding into your Science and Social Studies content areas.  We talk about: 1.What students need in order to become proficient readers and how you are already tackling this in your Science and Social Studies block.  2. Why embedding evidence based literacy practices into your Science and Social Studies block just makes sense.  3.How to embed evidence based literacy practices into your Science and Social Studies block  Quotables: -Oftentimes in education we are working from a deficit model of what is missing, or what we are not doing, which never really motivates us. -These are the content areas where the focus shifts from learning to read to reading to learn. These are the content areas where students are exposed to content area vocabulary that they won't necessarily learn at any other point in the day.  -Oftentimes students think/feel like they are the only ones that struggle in this area. You modeling what this looks like for you will not only help normalize it, it will also give them tools to use for when it happens to them.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about how literacy impacts everything that students have to learn and everything we teach, therefore the teaching of literacy is everyone's problem and should be taught across content areas.  We talk about: 1.What it means to be literate.  2. Why literacy is everyone's problem. 3.How a student becomes a proficient reader.  Quotables: -Being literate is the ability to read, write, speak and understand in a way that allows someone to function in their everyday life.  -Students are required to have a level of literacy that helps them function in their daily lives even while they are in school.  -Literacy instruction is everyone's problem, it should not all fall on the RLA teacher/block. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the top reasons you should invest in your own professional development We talk about: 1.What it means to invest in yourself. 2. Why investing in your own professional growth is sometimes essential. 3.How professional growth can be a door opener to different opportunities in education.  Quotables: -We are the ones that know what we need and how we best learn.   -Sometimes we have to save ourselves, because we are not in an environment that wants to invest in our growth. -Investing in our own professional growth opens up our eyes to what is possible in our career as educators. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Mini Lessons Made Simple Mastermind  Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about the role community plays in your professional growth.  We talk about: The what, why and how of cultivating a community that will both support your professional growth and impact student performance.  Quotables: -A community approach to professional development would allow teammates to feel empowered to help each other troubleshoot or reteach/model a part of the professional development they attended and feel they have a firm grasp on.  -A community centered approach to professional development could help your team implement peer to peer professional development. -A community approach to professional development creates a more equitable educational experience for students. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: ⁠Time Sucks and How to Avoid Them Workshop Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode:             I talk about what to do if you don't have the money to invest in professional development opportunities.  We talk about: The what, why and how of pursuing professional development opportunities even if you don't have the money to pay for it yourself.  Quotables: -Professional development means any opportunity to grow our literacy practice via the acquisition and implementation of evidence based practices that support student learning.  -We pursue evidence based literacy related professional development because we want to be great at our job and our students deserve a bomb teacher that knows their stuff. -A little known fact is that schools often get funding for teacher professional development, this means that sometimes all you have to do is ask admin in order to get your professional development paid for.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: ⁠Time Sucks and How to Avoid Them Workshop Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Sponsorship Template Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode: Listen in as I talk about What do I do if I don't have a literacy coach/or don't feel supported by my coach.               . We talk about: What to do if: You don't have a literacy coach on your campus. You have a coach, but they are overrun by other duties as assigned.  You have a literacy coach, but they don't have the capacity to support you. Quotables: -Support from a literacy coach does not mean that someone will do the work for you, but it should mean that they will do it alongside you. -It's the job of a supportive literacy coach to come alongside you and help you recognize what is going well as well as help you prioritize any areas of growth and hold you accountable for staying the course to get there.  -This type of support creates an environment for collaborative growth between stakeholders and results in compounded growth in  student performance. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: ⁠Time Sucks and How to Avoid Them Workshop Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send' Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode: Listen in as I talk about the what, the why and the how of embracing the role of life long learner.                    We talk about: -What it means to be a lifelong learner. -What life long learners don't do. -How to take on the role of life long learner.  Quotables: -A lifelong learner is always thinking about how they can improve, acknowledges what is going right so that they don't have to reinvent the wheel and isn't afraid of trying new things.  -Being a reflective teacher means to think about what is going well, what could use improvement and what our contribution is to both of these things.  - It's not the collecting of knowledge that helps our practice as literacy teachers grow, it's our implementation of our new learning that does that.    Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Time Sucks and How to Avoid Them Workshop Teaching Reading 101 Course Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode: Listen in as I talk about  how the mini lesson is a versatile tool that can be used to teach each component of your literacy block.                     . We talk about: How the mini lesson is the tool that you need in your toolbox, it's literally the swiss army knife of your literacy block. It will not only help you teach each component in your literacy block and how mastering it will help you get everything in.  Quotables: -The mini lesson is the MVP of your literacy block and that is because it helps teachers teach with the brain in mind.  -A mini lesson is a framework for delivering an intentional lesson that respects student attention spans and builds in deliberate practice.  - The mini lesson helps teachers prioritize a main teaching point and only communicate what's most important for students to know.  Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Give me my free mini lesson guide! Teaching Reading 101 Course Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘SendLeave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode: Listen in as I talk about how  to craft a realistic time management plan for the beginning of the school year.   We talk about: My go to beginning of the school year tips for teachers which are: -Take good care of you -Plan and then plan some more -Identify your non negotiables and focus on those Quotables: -Some ways to take good care are to: walk away from gossip, don't engage in kid bashing and try to keep your focus on what you can control -Planning and prepping are really a gift to future you and it helps you reduce your mental load at work.  - Identifying your non-negotiables ensures that the things that you've identified as most important are getting done Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Teaching Reading 101 Course Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send'Leave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message

In this episode: Listen in as I talk about the two things you need to know about your students when you are changing grade levels. We talk about: -What you need to prioritize most when changing grade levels. -What not to do when changing grade levels.  -How to work with where your students  are at developmentally and not against it. Quotables: -The two main things I am going to advise you to do are: determine what is developmentally appropriate and get to know the grade level standards. -Knowing what was developmentally appropriate for the fifth graders I taught that year helped me to plan not just academic turn and talk opportunities, but also short non academic talking opportunities, like when they could go from their tables to their cubbies to grab resources - It was up to me to know my standards and make sure that I held them accountable for what they needed to know and not for what they would need to know in the next grade. Links to resources mentioned in the podcast: Upper Elementary Teacher Must Have Resources (affiliate links to books mentioned in the podcast episode) Teaching Reading 101 Course Book a discovery call for one on one coaching or school professional development Next Steps: If this episode resonated with you, take a screenshot of the episode and tag me on instagram @msevamireles.  This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other upper elementary teachers get ideas they can use in their class today. The Reading Teacher's Playbook  Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.' Under ‘Customer Reviews,' click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘SendLeave a Rating and Review: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eva-mireles/message