Reading Teachers Lounge
This is the Reading Teachers Lounge where listeners can eavesdrop on professional conversations between elementary reading teachers. We are passionate about literacy and strive to find strategies to reach all learners. Shannon and Mary are neighbors who realized that they were “literacy soul sisters” at a dinner in their Atlanta neighborhood. Once they started chatting about reading they haven’t really stopped. Come join the conversation.
Reading Teachers Lounge
7.12 Effective Student Engagement
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Shannon Betts and Mary Saghafi
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Season 7
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Episode 12
Shannon and Mary chat with Brandi Dugal from The Fidget Game, featured on Shark Tank, about unique ways to engage and motivate students to learn. They share methods for gamification, brain breaks, and other strategies teachers can use to increase student engagement. Listen for ideas to make reading more fun and how to help motivate even the most reluctant readers to get excited about their learning.
RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE:
- The Fidget Game website
- Fidget Game TikTok account
- Shannon's favorite (FREE) growth mindset activities via TpT-lower grades
- Shannon's favorite (FREE) growth mindset activities via TpT-upper grades
- The Fidget Game for purchase *Amazon affiliate link
- King Komodo game for purchase *Amazon affiliate link
- SquishyLand game for purchase *Amazon affiliate link
- The Vocabulary game for purchase *Amazon affiliate link
- ASCD: New Thinking about Student Engagement
- Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app
- Bonus episodes access through Patreon
- Free Rubrics Guide created by us
- Finding Good Books Guide created by us
- Information about our Patreon membership