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Beginning Teacher Talk: A Podcast for New Elementary Teachers

Sep 30, 2020

September is already the most challenging month of the school year, but Covid and teaching online are extra layers that are pushing teachers to question if they can even do this. If you're exhausted and maybe even questioning your choice of career right now, this is for you. 💛

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Sep 23, 2020

With Halloween coming up, it can become increasingly difficult to keep your students engaged in learning. Check out these 5 fun tricks to use both in the classroom and online!

Get the complete show notes here: https://www.drlorifriesen.com/blog/5-ways-to-keep-students-engaged-in-october 

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Sep 16, 2020

How do you handle critical, angry parents? That nasty email or comment in the chat box during a whole-class meeting can leave you completely reeling... here's what I've learned about handling these very real and challenging moments in our teaching lives.

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Sep 9, 2020

Children are listening: they are listening when we talk about the Black Lives Matter movement when we think they are playing in the other room. They come to school and hear their friends talk about fear and death. So how do we begin these conversations with young children? How do we build classroom communities that...


Sep 2, 2020

If you're a new teacher who is teaching online this year, creating a feeling of community with your grade level team can be a real challenge. Let's talk about 7 things you can do to help create that feeling of community with your peers, even when you aren't able to meet face-to-face. 

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