Upper Elementary Simplified
Education Podcasts
Are you an upper elementary teacher in need of new ideas, strategies, and inspiration to provide engagement for your students? Upper Elementary Simplified is a podcast for busy teachers to listen to on the car ride to and from school, during lunch or planning, or by the pool during the summer to learn new ways to engage students in meaningful learning.
Danna Rodebush from Teacher Tech Studio is a former 5th grade classroom teacher who now shares teaching resources, math lessons, and classroom inspiration to support upper elementary teachers around the world. Visit teachertechstudio.com to learn more.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Education Podcasts
Description:
Are you an upper elementary teacher in need of new ideas, strategies, and inspiration to provide engagement for your students? Upper Elementary Simplified is a podcast for busy teachers to listen to on the car ride to and from school, during lunch or planning, or by the pool during the summer to learn new ways to engage students in meaningful learning. Danna Rodebush from Teacher Tech Studio is a former 5th grade classroom teacher who now shares teaching resources, math lessons, and classroom inspiration to support upper elementary teachers around the world. Visit teachertechstudio.com to learn more.
Language:
English
Episodes
Happy Birthday Upper Elementary Simplified!
5/28/2024
Do you remember your first birthday? Of course you don't! But, this week is a special week for the Upper Elementary Simplified Podcast because this Thursday, May 30th the podcast is celebrating it's very first birthday!
On this episode, we take a stroll down memory lane of some of the favorite episodes over the past year.
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Duration:00:32:03
How Teachers Can Prep Over Summer: A Chat With Helena Hains of The Present Teacher
5/21/2024
Welcome to episode 60 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Helena Hains all about how teachers can start to prep over summer to help make back to school a smooth and low stress time.
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Duration:00:33:07
How to Teach Writing With a Focus on Revising & Editing: A Chat With Marianna Monheim of Creatively Comprehensive
5/14/2024
Welcome to episode 59 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Marianna Monheim all about teaching revising and editing explicitly.
Were you the kid who loved to write, and was a self-proclaimed author by the age of 10? Or were you the kid who struggled to put pen to paper and organize your thoughts as they came out of your head? Unfortunately a lot of students are discouraged by the writing process because we as teachers may not be offering them the instruction that they really need to be successful. I recently had a chat with an expert in this topic and I am excited to share our conversation with you today…
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Duration:00:31:55
You Are Appreciated, Teacher
5/7/2024
Welcome to episode 58 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast.
In this episode, host Danna Rodebush celebrated teachers in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week.
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Duration:00:14:20
15 Tips for Packing Up Your Classroom for the Summer
4/30/2024
Welcome to episode 57 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast.
In this episode, host Danna Rodebush shares 15 tips for packing up your classroom for the summer.
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Duration:00:11:25
9 End of Year Ideas for Upper Elementary Teachers
4/23/2024
Here we are at the end of April, testing is over & the weather is getting warmer, which means students are getting excited about summer. Today host Danna Rodebush expands on last week's topic of discussion on end of year activity ideas.
In this episode you will hear from 9 different experienced teachers about their favorite end of year activity ideas.
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Duration:00:16:36
After Testing Activities: A Chat with Christine DeArmitt from Reading Teacher Buzz
4/16/2024
Welcome to episode 55 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Christine DeArmitt, who discusses bringing fun back into the classroom and gives many great activity ideas to use in the upper elementary classroom.
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Duration:00:23:04
How You Can Turn Boring Math Into Engaging Math
4/9/2024
Are you in a battle with your math curriculum? I’ve been there…you may be looking at the piles of math books that your district provided to you or you were told were the best of the best…and you’re thinking to yourself something along the lines of:
How am I ever going to get my students to enjoy math? Or how can I possibly plan engaging whole group and small group lessons with the way this curriculum is organized? Or how am I going to properly assess my students and ensure that they reach mastery of grade level skills? Whether you are already running a guided math classroom or if you have been thinking of giving a more structured approach to your math block a try, this episode is for you. Especially if you are nodding your head to any of the questions I just asked.
Today I am going to talk about how you can implement a guided math routine in your classroom even if you’re feeling limited by your boxed curriculum.
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Duration:00:10:46
How to Prepare for State Testing: A Chat With Annamarie Krejci From Krejci Creations
4/2/2024
Welcome to episode 53 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Annamarie Krejci all about math test prep in the upper elementary classroom.
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Duration:00:26:09
How Math Instruction is Affected by Reading Comprehension: A Chat with Ciera Harris from Ciera Harris Teaching
3/26/2024
Welcome to episode 52 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Ciera Harris all about how reading comprehension affects math instruction in the upper elementary classroom.
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Duration:00:36:57
Providing Student Choice During Math Workshop: A Chat with Jennifer Jochen from Smith Curriculum & Consulting
3/19/2024
Welcome to episode 51 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Jennifer Jochen all about student choice & math workshop in the upper elementary classroom.
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Duration:00:27:31
Simplifying Fraction Concepts: A Chat With Enrica Minetti from Matemaths
3/12/2024
Welcome to episode 50 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Enrica Minetti all about teaching fraction concepts in the upper elementary classroom.
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Duration:00:26:20
How Mindset Affects Math Instruction: A Chat with Rachelle McCracken
3/5/2024
Welcome to episode 49 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Rachelle McCracken all about math mindset in the upper elementary classroom.
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Duration:00:27:50
Number Sense in the Upper Elementary Classroom with Amy Dickson from Amazing Materials 4 You
2/27/2024
Welcome to episode 48 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Amy Dickson from Amazing Materials 4 You all about number sense in the upper elementary classroom.
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Duration:00:27:14
Comics in the Classroom: A Chat with Laura Balliett from Cool School Comics
2/20/2024
Welcome to episode 47 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Laura Balliett from Cool School Comics all about creative teaching by using comic books to teach & review math concepts.
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Duration:00:14:44
Here's What Teachers Are Saying About The Growing Problem Of Fact Fluency
2/13/2024
Welcome to episode 46 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush shares stories from the classroom about multiplication fact fluency.
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Duration:00:11:18
This One Thing Will Change Math Forever
2/6/2024
Welcome to episode 45 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush shares her secret about the one thing that will change math forever.
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Duration:00:07:35
Are You Still Using Those Incomplete Fact Mastery Programs?
1/30/2024
Welcome to episode 44 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush discusses incomplete fluency, what it is, why it’s a problem, and what you can do to solve it. So let’s go ahead and get started.
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Duration:00:07:32
Three Characteristics of Math Fact Fluency
1/23/2024
Mastery refers to having great skill at something or total dominance over something. If you are fluent in a language, you have a mastery of the language.
Welcome to episode 43 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush discusses the 3 characteristics of multiplication fact mastery.
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Duration:00:09:05
How Fact Fluency is Like Baking a Cake
1/16/2024
Imagine reading a sentence that says: “Elevated abecedarian pupils toil amidst computative certitude eloquence credentials instigating extensive thwarting.”
Are you able to comprehend the meaning of the sentence? Maybe you can comprehend but it takes you just a little bit longer because you aren’t familiar with the meaning of all of the words.
Welcome to episode 42 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush discusses slipping into the shoes of students and understanding their frustration with higher level math skills.
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Duration:00:09:58