Upper Elementary Simplified
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.
Episodes
Welcome to episode 71 of the Upper Elementary Simplified Podcast.
In this episode, host Danna Rodebush shares a big announcement and offers a HUGE discount on resources just in time for back to school!
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Welcome to episode 70 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Jennifer Raymond all about classroom management and building relationships in the upper elementary math classroom.
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Welcome to episode 69 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Amanda Stitt all about differentiation in the upper elementary math classroom.
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Welcome to episode 68 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Helena Hains all about how teachers can implement The Thriving Teacher Framework to build systems in their classroom.
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Welcome to episode 67 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Brittany Blackwell all about teacher burnout prevention.
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Welcome to episode 66 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with April Pickett all about curriculum mapping and lesson planning for upper elementary teachers.
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Welcome to episode 65 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Mona Iehl all about productive struggle in the upper elementary math classroom.
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Welcome to episode 64 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Kristen Higdon all about student engagement & creative teaching in the upper elementary classroom. This is part two of a two part interview.
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Welcome to episode 63 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast. In this episode, host Danna Rodebush chats with Kristen Higdon all about student engagement & creative teaching in the upper elementary classroom. This is part one of a two part interview.
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Welcome to episode 62 of the Upper Elementary Simplified podcast.
Happy summer! Isn’t it crazy how when you are in the middle of the school year it seems like summer is soooo far away but then again it seems like summer comes around very quickly…more so every single year.
In this episode we begin the podcast summer series.
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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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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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