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Commas in the Chaos
A podcast for upper elementary teachers who are juggling lesson plans, classroom chaos, and trying out what today’s grammar lesson is, all before lunch.
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Episode Summary Let’s talk about the CUPS Strategy for Student Editing — and no, not the kind that holds your coffee. CUPS stands for Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, and Spelling, and it is one of those classroom tools that most know about but rarely feel confident teaching. When I first started
Episode Summary Let’s be honest. Teaching complex sentences can feel anything but simple. Students get tripped up on commas, mix up dependent and independent clauses, and before long, everyone is frustrated. In this episode, I am sharing a strategy that completely changed how I taught this skill. It is a
Episode Summary Last week, I shared the big-picture why behind using task cards, and the real benefits that make them worth your time. This week, we’re moving from theory to practice. In this episode, I’m sharing five creative ways to use task cards in the classroom that go far beyond