The GrapeSEED Official Podcast

In this series, we have asked some of our former teacher guests to come on and share their expertise on a couple questions per episode. On this fifth episode, we welcome Aaron Jones, Alina Shishina, Will Rice, Bruno Di Stefano and Matthew Green! Questions for this episode: #1: How do you encourage students to do REP? #2: What are your class rules?

The focus component in this Take a Step episode is Unit 10's Going to School. Send in any component requests to mailcarrier@grapeseed.com if there is something you would like to hear showcased on this series! In this series, we look at the learning objectives and Quick Checks for the focus component and how the day-to-day instructions in the Lesson Plans guide us to achieving those goals!

In this week's This and That, Miklos and I talk about Writers in depth- setting proper expectations for them and giving tips on completing them within the allotted time in the Lesson Plans!

This is another episode in the Ten Things series, where I sit down with a coach or former teacher and have a fun, relaxed conversation about GrapeSEED. The guest for this episode is Nathan Kim, a GrapeSEED Coach supporting teachers in Japan!

On this episode of GrapeSEED Friends, we welcome Jhoan Montolio, a GrapeSEED teacher in southern Japan!

In this series, we have asked some of our former teacher guests to come on and share their expertise on a couple questions per episode. On this fourth episode, we welcome Aaron Jones, Will Rice, Bruno Di Stefano and Matthew Green! Questions for this episode: #1: How do you store the GrapeSEED materials at your school? #2: How do you encourage students to speak in full sentences?

The focus component in this Take a Step episode is Unit 9's My First Book of Poems. In this series, we look at the learning objectives and Quick Checks for the focus component and how the day-to-day instructions in the Lesson Plans guide us to achieving those goals!

This is another episode in the Ten Things series, where I sit down with a coach or former teacher and have a fun, relaxed conversation about GrapeSEED. The guest for this episode is Linda Cho, a GrapeSEED Coach supporting teachers in Thailand!

On this episode, we have five more suggestions for you to do today to be more effective in the classroom and make the GrapeSEED program at your school even better!

On this episode of GrapeSEED Friends, we welcome Sandy Nguyen, a teacher in Vietnam!

In this series, we have asked some of our former teacher guests to come on and share their expertise on a couple questions per episode. On this third episode, we welcome Aaron Jones, Alina Shishina, Will Rice, Bruno Di Stefano and Matthew Green! Questions for this episode: #1: What is your best tip for teaching Writers effectively? #2: Assembly lessons on the whiteboard start in Unit 4. What have...

The focus component in this Take a Step episode is Unit 8's Pink, with a big emphasis on how Shared Reading materials in this unit tie in to teaching concepts of print alongside the Let's Start Reading cards. In this series, we look at the learning objectives and Quick Checks for the focus component and how the day-to-day instructions in the Lesson Plans guide us to achieving those goals!

In this episode of This and That, Miklos and I discuss the English Environment- why it is so important, how to set it up with a new GrapeSEED class and how you can reset expectations on a class that you may inherit without a strong English Environment.

Starting with this episode and dropping again around once a season, the A Look Back series will recap some of the recent podcast episodes. If you happened to miss some episodes recently or you are new to the podcast, this will help orient you on the content available!

In this new series, we have asked some of our former teacher guests to come on and share their expertise on a couple questions per episode. On this second episode, we welcome Aaron Jones, Alina Shishina, Will Rice, Bruno Di Stefano and Matthew Green! Questions for this episode: #1: What is your favorite prop? When and how do you use it? #2: What is your favorite thing about the GrapeSEED program a...

In episode seven of this series, Bruno Di Stefano and I talk about three beloved GrapeSEED materials. We will share stories and talk about specific practical teaching tips. U10 Whose Is It? 0:45 U11 What I Saw 8:15 U2 Ten Things 16:45

The focus component in this Take a Step episode is Unit 7's Tonya Had a Little Lamb. In this series, we look at the learning objectives and Quick Checks for the focus component and how the day-to-day instructions in the Lesson Plans guide us to achieving those goals!

On this episode of GrapeSEED Friends, we welcome Matthew Green, a long-time GrapeSEED teacher and now head teacher at a big school in Tokyo, Japan!

In this new series, we have asked some of our former teacher guests to come on and share their expertise on a couple questions per episode. On this first episode, we welcome Aaron Jones, Alina Shishina, Will Rice and Bruno Di Stefano! Questions for this episode: #1: How do you quickly and effectively memorize student names at the start of a new school year or when you teach a new class?  #2:...

This is another episode in the Ten Things series, where I sit down with a coach or former teacher and have a fun, relaxed conversation about GrapeSEED. The guest for this episode is Cindy Ota, a GrapeSEED Coach in Japan!

On this This and That episode, Miklos and I grab a random Lesson Plan and talk through how we would prepare for it and give advice on things to consider. This time, we talked about Unit 5 Lesson 12. If you have any requests for specific questions to hear about in the future, send them in to mailcarrier@grapeseed.com!

The focus material in this Take a Step episode is Unit 6's Freeze! In this series, we look at the learning objectives and Quick Checks for the focus component and how the day-to-day instructions in the Lesson Plans guide us to achieving those goals!

On this episode of GrapeSEED Friends, we welcome Polina Protopopova, a GrapeSEED teacher in Russia!

On this episode of GrapeSEED Friends, we welcome a teacher with some great advice for remote TSI (online lessons). Our guest is Anna Shimeki in Japan!

In this episode, we introduce five things you as a teacher can do today to improve your own GrapeSEED experience and/or improve the GrapeSEED program at your school! If you have any tips to share, send them in to mailcarrier@grapeseed.com!