Rockin This Teacher Thing
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.
Episodes
40 episodes
6 Dos and Don’ts To Make Report Cards Easy
It’s report card time. Report cards are a great way to show student growth BUT you can spend a lot of time doing report cards. And if you don’t handle report cards just right, your best intentions can backfire and make your teacher life pret...
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Episode 39
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19:22
How To Use Puppets To Teach Classroom Rules
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 pup...
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Episode 38
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19:25
Classroom Jobs Are A Waste Of Teacher Time- Do This Instead
Making a classroom job chart and assigning your students classroom jobs is a complete waste of time. If you have a job chart in your classroom it’s time to stop how you are doing classroom jobs and do this instead....
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Episode 37
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12:00
Best Activities For Independent Work Stations
You’ve set up your independent work station system in your classroom. The rotation chart is up. You’ve designated areas in your classroom for each station. Now you are asking yourself the hardest question of all. What are the best activities fo...
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Episode 36
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13:09
Student Behavior During Independent Work Stations
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? ...
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Episode 35
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14:29
The Not So Obvious Basics Of Setting Up Independent Work Stations In Kindergarten and First-Grade
The Not So Obvious Basics Of Setting Up Independent Work Stations In Kindergarten and First-GradeSetting up independent work stations in kindergarten and first-grade is might be a bit more complicated than you might think.
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Episode 34
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13:34
Stress Free Station Set-Up With These Supplies
What Do You Need To Set-up Stations in Kindergarten and First-Grade?If you want your students to be totally independent during station time you’re going to need to set-up your classroom with a few essential classroom supplies....
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Episode 33
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11:59
Mistakes In Setting Up Stations In Kindergarten and First-Grade
Mistakes In Setting Up Stations In Kindergarten and First-Grade I love stations. But it wasn’t always blue sky and sunshine. I’ve made all the mistakes when it’s come to setting-up and running stations.Avoid the mistak...
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Episode 32
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17:48
Behavior Management Help Is Here
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 diff...
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Episode 31
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17:12
Should You Send Them To The Principal's Office?
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 ...
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Episode 30
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17:35
Top 5 Ways To Give Yourself Teacher Grace
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 lit...
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Episode 29
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29:07
Teaching With A Heavy Heart
2021 is here and your teacher heart is heavy and tired. A short episode for you to fix your attention on the good you do even in your weariness.A poem by Maya Angelou, ContinueRemember to rest and do good for yourself. The world needs y...
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Episode 28
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7:46
Learning and Moving With Fluency and Fitness
Wouldn't it be great if kids could move while engaged in learning and skills practice?Can it be done from home or in a socially distancing classroom? Oh YES!!!!Today we have Brittany Lynch from Fluency & Fitness.She showin...
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Episode 27
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46:04
Art Teacher Matthew Sekerak, Becoming, Growing and Teaching Art in 2020
Today I am happy to invite my former student Matthew Sekerak to the show. Matthew is now an art teacher and he’s going to be telling the story about becoming a teacher and being an art teacher in a pandemic. He made me laugh so hard with a c...
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Episode 26
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54:23
3 Hacks To Stop Holiday Teacher Stress
Holiday celebrations, cultural traditions and stress. Now more than ever we want the next few months to be memorable, special and full of joy. Don’t be stressed instead get the 3 hacks you can use in your life to get organized qu...
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Episode 25
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25:18
Report Card Comments That Parents Will Love and You Can Write Quickly
Get your report card comments done fast and make them so amazing they will help strengthen your parent/teacher relationship. See the template below.Mentioned Resources:Get "...
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Episode 24
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26:57
Tips and How-Tos From Angie Holmes-Occupational Therapist
Ready for some easy to implement tools to help ALL of your students? Occupational Therapist, Angie Holmes, joins us today to give us useful tips on how to strengthen students' core, cross the midline, improve muscle control, improve focus, and ...
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Episode 23
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52:12
Setting Up Early Finisher Activities in a Social Distancing and Distance Learning Classroom
Early Finisher Activities are a part of every K-1 classroom but with the new requirements brought by social distancing, and distance learning, using early finisher activities from the past might not be usable. Today ...
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Episode 22
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31:29
Learn Some New Quick and Easy Greeting and Line Up Chants For Positive Classroom Management
Classroom management and transitions are more fun with these easy to learn greeting and line-up chants and songs.These kindergarten and first grade chants and songs are easy to learn and use in your classroom. After 2 or 3 uses they will...
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Episode 21
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23:09
Sub Tub and Distance Learning Resource Ready
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 ...
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Episode 20
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29:29
Do You Know About Flip Signs And Other Tools For The Virtual Classroom?
Today’s episode is about flip signs and other tools you need for your virtual or distance learning classroom. It’s all about you getting equipped with a few simple tools so that you end your online sessions with a smile on your face....
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Episode 19
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16:54
How Can An SLP Help Students In Your Classroom?
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 s...
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Episode 18
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40:07
Are You Using Positive Teaching Language In Your Classroom? The answer might surprise you. Lessons from the book "The Power Of Our Words."
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 t...
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Episode 17
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50:10
Looking For A Teaching Job? Here's One Principal's Ideals For A Perfect Hire
How do you get a job as a teacher? Getting your first teaching job can be really stressful. What are hiring teams looking for in new teachers? Knowing what skills to showcase while applying for a teaching job and during the teacher interv...
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Episode 16
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42:06
The Summer Before Kindergarten- by Ashlie Buresh and Emily Hankins, Book Review
“What can I do to make sure my child is ready for kindergarten?” It's a question every kindergarten teacher has heard hundreds of times. Now more than ever parents want to make sure that their child is ready for kindergarten. ...
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Episode 15
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30:00