The Teacher's Life Podcast

A bad summer haircut...and a possible switch in podcast site???? Help?

Teacher lay-offs hit home...teaching an eighth grade boy how "Hotel California" can get the girls!

Topics include: Doing the unthinkable, Naming nose hairs, "one of these things is not like the other", Alien leader update, and teacher layoffs.

The $20 puzzle on youtube, Kimmi, dating in second grade, and some music videos

Here on The Teacher's Life Podcast we value the thoughts of the listeners. I'm looking for you to call into the hotline and share your thoughts to the question "What is your favorite thing about the age level of the kids you teach....what they say, do, or think." Call (623) 239-4108 and share. Deadline is March 1st. I await your message.

Sewer smells, parent teacher conference questions, ballet, and student work on walls.....and fingernails!!!!

The Littles ask for more math problems, and Kimmi has a double dose of challenges this week!

I'm reaching out to the Youtub community and the listeners of The Teacher's Life Podcast to help my second graders make connections to the real world. Got a couple minutes....?

Please come to www.theteacherslifeblog.blogspot.com and vote for the one you can relate to the most!

Just in time for the holidays, I revisit the album I made with my second graders. All the songs on the album are present with some of my own reflections about the process two years later.

The top 5 things I've been thinking about. Visit http://theteacherslifeblog.blogspot.com to help vote.

The Littles discuss their plans if they were elected president.

New author Debbie Lera discusses leaving the teaching profession to pursue being an author, what it like writing a book, and talks about her new book "Writing Above Standard" available through Scholastic in March. She also shares a great story of the day.

Possibly the most important and innovative horn player of our time comes on to talk about teaching music. Visit www.theteacherslifeblog.blogspot.com for links and videos of Jeff.

Back from the honeymoon in Hawaii, bad sub, Help needed concerning Mccain comment, winning an award.

Steven Kimmi fills in for Bobby as host of The Teachers Life!

Topics include: Audacity, Kimmi's new challenge, The Littles talk about the internet, Reading Aloud, and a few tech tips from Bobby

The wonderful educator joins us to discuss Litlife, boys and reading, her trip to Africa, the internet, and shares a story of the day from Africa.

I'm fighting the lawn, help?...Kimmi's latest challenge of the week, the Littles begin their discussion on the the presential race, and a story of the day from Morgan.

One of the main authors of "Words Their Way" comes on to discuss phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction.

The Littles discuss animals, Mr. Kimmi joins us for the "Challenge of the Week", and a story concerning leaving underwear out for parents to see.

Word of the day= "looney", The Littles discuss geography, story of the day involving spitting.

A quick story of the day and an invitation to join the new ning group!

Topics covered include slipping in the grocery store, the first installment of "The Littles", a story from a 4th grade teacher, and the new polling topic.

The NATION has it's first participants. Be next, would ya?!?!

Dinah Brown joins us to discuss teaching for understanding in mathematics using concepts from a CGI approach.

The great researcher, educator, and speaker joins us to discuss her two newest resources, being a new teacher to reading, using a basal and answers THE question.

Nationally acclaimed performance poet joins the NATION!!! She discusses poetry in the classroom, her teacher resources, and inspiration for poetry.

In this episode, we introduce the occasional segment on the show called the "Nation Conversation". And.....the vote for the intro song is now up....come vote will you and help me out with the show. The last song here is called "Green". It was written by two of my students a few years back. The opening conversation was recorded during one fall afternoon in class.

The blog has started. Check it out. It's the main station, well, for those non-NATION!!! people. But have no fear, if you want to be in the NATION!!! family, there are links!