It’s the first day of school and you’ve given your students the class summary writing assignment : “What I Did Over Summer Break.”

This has to be one of the most difficult assignments you can give some of your elementary students. For others, it might be the easiest.

Why? In this episode, we'll talk about why that might be so. We'll also talk about:

• How to Start Teaching Summary Writing at the Beginning of the School Year
• How Fast Can a Student Write a One Page Summary?
• Things to Include in a Summary
• What NOT to Include in a Summary
• Just the Facts, Friend! or JTFF
• Using a Template or Formula to Teach Summary Writing (great for younger learners)
• Transition Words for Writing Summaries in Elementary School
• Summary Tool in Google Docs (TM)

You can read this as a blog post at TeacherWriter.co

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Yes, it’s true, you could spend two weeks or more to set up your classroom. But do you want to take that much time?

If you’re a first year teacher, congratulations! You may be surprised by what I just said. If you’re a veteran teacher, you know what I’m talking about, right?

It’s so fun to look at the super cute classroom pictures and videos on social media. They make it look so easy, and it can be…if you have a system. In this blog post, you’ll learn a system that will get your classroom set up fast. You really can get it done in three days or less.

Thanks so much for listening to this episode!

Blog posts mentioned in this podcast:

• Set Up Your Classroom FAST in 3 Days or Less
• Teacher Tips from the Experts That You Probably Never Learned in School

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If you’ve been teaching for any time at all, you know that summer slide is real, and maybe you’re looking for some ideas for preventing summer slide in June and July with your own children. Perhaps you want to find some ideas to give to the parents of your students that are easy to implement.

In today's podcast, I share several ideas to slam on the brakes to stop summer slide with fun activities. All of these sneak in learning and skills practice while students are having a great summer break.

Sites I mentioned in the podcast today:

AnneMarie Thomas and Squishy Circuits

https://www.ted.com/talks/annmarie_thomas_hands_on_science_with_squishy_circuits

Code.org

Mark Kistler Art Lessons on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/user/markkistler

Mathy-Techy games

https://teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mathy-Techy

Happy Hive Homeschooling (search for Readers Theater scripts)

https://happyhivehomeschooling.com/?s=readers+theater

Huge List of Children's Books Adapted Into Movies

https://imaginationsoup.net/childrens-books-adapted-movies/

You can read these ideas on the TeacherWriter blog. Grab your free quick reference graphic, Slam the Brakes on Summer Slide.

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Today's podcast is based on the blog post Preventing Summer Slide in June and July : Slam on the Brakes With These Activities

https://teacherwriter.co/preventing-summer-slide

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