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Rockin This Teacher Thing

Rockin This Teacher Thing

Angie Kantorowicz

A thriving primary classroom doesn’t happen by accident. Step into your classroom every day knowing that you are equipped and enabled to be Rockin’ This Teacher Thing. Every other week get tips on student engagement techniques, classroom management, effective technology integration, classroom set-up, organization ideas, and teacher mindset while building positive relationships with students, co-workers, and parents along the way. With 25 years in the classroom, picture book author, instructional coach, and blogger, Angie Kantorowicz, helps Kindergarten and First-grade teachers rock their classroom. Hit subscribe to be part of this growing community of Rockin’ Kindergarten and First Grade Teachers.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Rockin This Teacher Thing episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Rockin This Teacher Thing for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Rockin This Teacher Thing episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Should I become a teacher? Should I continue my teaching career? Becoming a teacher and staying in education is a big decision and teaching in the early primary grades isn't for everyone.
Listen in on this conversation with Connor Kline, a male kindergarten teacher, who tells us why he decided to become a teacher and what motivates him in his teaching career. This conversation is going to put a smile on your face and a spring in your step.
The early primary grades need more male role models like Connor.
If you know a young person questioning a career in teaching this is definitely an episode for them. If you are already in education, you will walk away with a new sense of mission and vision for your teaching career.

Timestamp sections:

Grab your freebie-1:23

Connor Kline: 3:45

Closing: 35:30

Freebie https://www.makingthebasicsfun.com/supplychecklist

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Rockin This Teacher Thing - How To Use Puppets To Teach Classroom Rules
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02/18/22 • 19 min

Using puppets to teach (or reteach) classroom rules can help your students stay engaged and able to remember the classroom rules.
A puppet is magical. Today you will get some tips and how-tos when it comes to making the most of puppet friend.

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Rockin This Teacher Thing - Student Behavior During Independent Work Stations
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01/06/22 • 14 min

Student behavior issues during independent work stations can make your life miserable.

If kids can’t behave then your role of teacher shifts to judge and jury.

That’s no fun.

But how can you get your students to behave? You have to teach it.

We will talk about set-up/clean-up, rotation, noise level, and partner problems.

I’ve lived and fixed the mistakes so you don’t have to.

Let’s dive in and get you started.

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The Not So Obvious Basics Of Setting Up Independent Work Stations In Kindergarten and First-Grade

Setting up independent work stations in kindergarten and first-grade is might be a bit more complicated than you might think.

We will talk about the basics of stations

How big should each group be?

What should you think about when grouping kids?

How many stations?

Is it okay for students to revisit a station?

When and how should you swap out stations?

How long should each rotation last?

Lots of tips from a teacher who's been there.

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Rockin This Teacher Thing - Behavior Management Help Is Here

Behavior Management Help Is Here

Rockin This Teacher Thing

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08/27/21 • 17 min

Good Behavior Management, -it’s probably the most important skill you can have as a kindergarten or first grade teacher.

If you aren’t the boss of your classroom then those little lovelies are going to make life very difficult.

You want to be the best teacher, but how do you make sure you stay in control of your classroom every minute of the day?

How do you teach kindergarten and first grade students how to behave?

Today we will talk about what it takes to level up your classroom management skills. You will get some tips and real life examples of what you need to say and do.

You can’t do this alone. Here’s some help.

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Rockin This Teacher Thing - Should You Send Them To The Principal's Office?
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08/25/21 • 17 min

Should you send a student to the principal’s office?

The frustration is real.

Student behavior gets in the way of teaching. That’s a fact.

Sending kids to the principal relieves the problem for a few minutes but then what?

Today we are talking about the principal's office and how you can get the help you need. You can’t do this alone. That’s for sure.

Stay to the end to get the best tool I’ve ever used with those very very difficult kids.

This is originally aired on my YouTube Channel, Teachers Making The Basics Fun. Go there to subscribe and catch all the videos. Also, please feel free to leave a comment or questions. I'd love to get to know you better.

Thanks to:

**Special thanks to Dawn The Singing Nurse for the awesome music. Check out her channel. https://youtube.com/c/DawnGinese

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Rockin This Teacher Thing - Sub Tub and Distance Learning Resource Ready
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09/08/20 • 29 min

Let’s get some free resources into your sub tub. Or maybe you need materials for distance learning. Today you will get 3 resources. If you haven’t heard of the book "The Blueberry Pancake Problem" today is your lucky day. Use this picture book to do a bunch of reading and math activities. You'll also get a video to use with the book as well as a bunch of printables to practice reading, writing, and math skills. Don’t you love a resource that you can use again and again? Let’s start rockin’ today’s episode.
Here We Go!!!
Resources Mentioned:
The Blueberry Pancake Problem PDF book (available free until Sept. 30, 2020):
https://www.makingthebasicsfun.com/Blueberryfreepdf
Amazon Link For The Blueberry Pancake Problem:
https://amzn.to/32YIxP5
The Blueberry Pancake Problem YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/IkrkVnYC_oQ
Angie Reads The Blueberry Pancake Problem:
https://youtu.be/Lp-pXbMPvJs
The Blueberry Pancake Problem Resource Printables:
https://www.makingthebasicsfun.com/blueberryprintables
The Early Finisher Solution Wait List:
https://www.makingthebasicsfun.com/waitlist
Episode 20 Blog Post: https://www.makingthebasicsfun.com/get-sub-tub-and-distance-learning-resource-ready/
Time Stamp:
Intro: 0:06
Special Note: 0:40
Opening:1:35
Main Content: 3:11
Ideas Of How to Use These Resources:7:10
Sub Tub talk: 9:19
Summary of The Blueberry Pancake and suggested activities: 11:47
Early Finisher Solution Info 25:17
Closing: 28:50

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Rockin This Teacher Thing - How Can An SLP Help Students In Your Classroom?
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08/11/20 • 40 min

Episode 18: Today we talk with Speech Language Pathologist extraordinaire Angie Dailey. Angie shares her insights as a Speech and Language Pathologist. She gives us information about what SLPs can do to help your students, gives us some speech and language milestones, as well as some practical tips to help all students in the area of better language skills. I’m excited for you to meet Angie. Let’s start rockin' today’s episode. Time StampWelcome Intro-:05
Encouragement- :57
Angie Dailey Conversation- 3:59
Closing- 37:55
Mentioned Related Links:
Angie's TedTalk: https://youtu.be/DquxhNibgyo
Teachers Making The Basics Fun YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUT17BBgTwU1e39stimQsyQ

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Do you use teaching language in your classroom? The answer might surprise you. Lessons from the book "The Power Of Our Words."
Teachers talk... a lot. But, knowing what to say and getting specific results can be trickier than you think. Today we talk with Amie Trudnowski about a book she read called “The Power Of Our Words.” Buckle-up because whether you are a new or seasoned teacher I guarantee there will be a nugget of gold in today’s episode. Also, find out how Amie and I met almost 52 years ago.
Time Stamp:
Welcome: 0:06
Intro:1:09
Amie: 8:27
Amie Fun Quiz: 38:53
Good Bye: 48:01

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Rockin This Teacher Thing - Top 5 Ways To Give Yourself Teacher Grace
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01/12/21 • 29 min

Giving yourself teacher grace is something that we hear a lot about lately. But what does it look like in real life? Today you will get 5 ways you can give yourself some grace. And stick around to the end where I will be giving a special little surprise to help you to keep going with the important work of being a teacher.

Are you ready to get your grace on and Rock This Teacher Thing? Alright, let's go.

Mentioned Resource: Keep Going Poster
https://www.makingthebasicsfun.com/keepgoing

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How many episodes does Rockin This Teacher Thing have?

Rockin This Teacher Thing currently has 40 episodes available.

What topics does Rockin This Teacher Thing cover?

The podcast is about Kindergarten, Courses, Podcasts, Education and Teacher.

What is the most popular episode on Rockin This Teacher Thing?

The episode title 'How To Use Puppets To Teach Classroom Rules' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Rockin This Teacher Thing?

The average episode length on Rockin This Teacher Thing is 23 minutes.

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Episodes of Rockin This Teacher Thing are typically released every 14 days.

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The first episode of Rockin This Teacher Thing was released on Jan 6, 2020.

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