rELAxing with Coffee: The Teachers' Guide to Sanity One Cup of Coffee at a Time!

Rebecca Decker, Bridget Petrulla, and Joseph Stefanelli

Rebecca Decker, Bridget Petrulla, and Joseph Stefanelli have worked together for 18 years as English Language Arts teachers! When not in the classroom, they spend way too much time thinking about the classroom: books, Choice Reading, lessons, professional development, writing exercises, and whatever the newest concepts are for the classroom! Join them as they drink a cup of coffee while they chat, rant, make you laugh, and help teachers, parents, and students with various concepts and situations inside and outside the classroom! Grab your favorite caffeinated beverage and enjoy! read less
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Trailer: rELAxing with Coffee: The Teachers' Guide to Sanity One Cup of Coffee at a Time!
21-02-2023
Trailer: rELAxing with Coffee: The Teachers' Guide to Sanity One Cup of Coffee at a Time!
Rebecca, Bridget, and Joe are excited to venture into the world of podcasting!  Collectively, they have 50+ years of teaching experience in the ELA classroom!  But more importantly, they are great friends who love to share ideas ... and drink coffee!  So grab your first cup of the day and join us as we drink our coffee and fix the problems of the world ... or at least the classroom!

Episodios

Making The First Day Count
16-09-2024
Making The First Day Count
We are back (sorry for the year break)! It's Sept and we need to get started! Rebecca and Joe have some great first-day activities (that work any day)!
June Is Bustin' Out All Over: Quick, One-Day Lessons That Get Us Through June!
31-05-2023
June Is Bustin' Out All Over: Quick, One-Day Lessons That Get Us Through June!
Rebecca and Joe share some tried and true lessons and activities that work for those end-of-year days when everyone is itching for summer to start! Solve Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/42siLfeONMloB9InX8eVT9?si=aae56894163e4f3c Name 5 Activity: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1izf7tEXDijVNqiuXkaXDSo-284ppi_a5?usp=sharing TedTalk Riddles: https://youtu.be/7yDmGnA8Hw0 Futureme.org
Coffee and a Movie: Bridget and Joe discuss 1989's Dead Poets Society
17-05-2023
Coffee and a Movie: Bridget and Joe discuss 1989's Dead Poets Society
Bridget and Joe are enjoying a cup of java and discussing a favorite among many educators, Dead Poet's Society, starring Robin Williams & Ethan Hawke. Is this movie still relevant? Is William's Mr. Keating a teacher we should be emulating? What can we, as teachers, learn from this movie?
Argue Your Way Into Good Writing
10-05-2023
Argue Your Way Into Good Writing
Rebecca and Joe talk about tried and true methods of helping kids recognize good arguments! Tools to check out: https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-ethicist https://www.procon.org/ 100 Student Voices: https://www.amazon.com/shop/rebeccadecker/list/LZJTJGUF5W47?ref_=aipsflist_aipsfrebeccadecker
Summative Assessments You and Your Students Won't Hate!
28-04-2023
Summative Assessments You and Your Students Won't Hate!
Rebecca and Joe discuss getting rid of the 50-question multiple choice test and what alternatives there are for summative assessments!
Gatsby: Is he "Great" in the High School Classroom?
19-04-2023
Gatsby: Is he "Great" in the High School Classroom?
Bridget and Joe, both admirers of Fitzgerald's masterpiece, discuss whether or not The Great Gatsby still belongs in the classroom!
Mentor Text Talk - John Green's The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
12-04-2023
Mentor Text Talk - John Green's The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
Over a delicious cup of java, Bridget and Rebecca talk mentor texts and how to utilize John Green's book of essays in your ELA classroom, including Creative Writing, Memoirs, and College Essays!
Using Book Clubs for your Science Fiction/Dystopian Unit
05-04-2023
Using Book Clubs for your Science Fiction/Dystopian Unit
Rebecca and Joe, while drinking their coffee, head to social media for teacher questions. The result: a discussion about book clubs, science fiction, and society at large!
How Do You Grade Choice Reading?
22-03-2023
How Do You Grade Choice Reading?
Joe and Rebecca are huge fans and advocates for choice reading.  So how do they assess it?
Book Talk: The Measure by Nikki Erlick
14-03-2023
Book Talk: The Measure by Nikki Erlick
Rebecca and Joe just finished reading The Measure by Nikki Erlick!  They can't get over this book!  But is it good for students?
"Serial" With Your Coffee: Using the True Crime Podcast in the Classroom
01-03-2023
"Serial" With Your Coffee: Using the True Crime Podcast in the Classroom
Rebecca and Joe address the taboo of using podcasts in the classroom, focusing on one of the most popular true crime podcasts: Serial! For more information about this topic, email Rebecca Decker @ Becca9341@aol.com
Teaching Shakespeare Day After Day After Day After Day ...
22-02-2023
Teaching Shakespeare Day After Day After Day After Day ...
In their pilot episode, Rebecca, Bridget, and Joe address a question that often arises in the ELA world: how do we make Shakespeare exciting for our students?   Grab your favorite caffeinated drink and join us as we give you our hot takes on the Bard in the ELA classroom!
Trailer: rELAxing with Coffee: The Teachers' Guide to Sanity One Cup of Coffee at a Time!
21-02-2023
Trailer: rELAxing with Coffee: The Teachers' Guide to Sanity One Cup of Coffee at a Time!
Rebecca, Bridget, and Joe are excited to venture into the world of podcasting!  Collectively, they have 50+ years of teaching experience in the ELA classroom!  But more importantly, they are great friends who love to share ideas ... and drink coffee!  So grab your first cup of the day and join us as we drink our coffee and fix the problems of the world ... or at least the classroom!