The YPG Podcasting Resources (Elementary) bring the magic of podcasting to the elementary grades by making a few key adaptations to the standard YPG Podcasting Resources:
Production is teacher-led in groups, not individual. A class makes episodes together or in small groups with the teacher driving at the computer.
Materials, videos, and prompts are age-appropriate and lean on oracy (talking, listening, and sequencing) as the on-ramp to writing.
Scope is smaller. Shorter episodes, tighter prompts, more teacher-driven setup.
Summary of Podcasting Resources Units
WELCOME
Gets the podcast party started and provides context on how big the booming podcasting industry has become.FOUNDATIONS
Establishes what a podcast actually is, the three formats students can work in (Interview, Narrative, Chat), and the roles that make up a professional podcast team.MEDIA
Covers the technical essentials for making a podcast.PROCESS
Walks through the podcast production workflow.CONCLUSION
Wraps up the podcast party and gets students ready to pod.PROMPTS
Ready-to-run podcast prompts organized by format (Interview, Narrative, Chat), designed for elementary students. Each prompt comes with a dedicated graphic organizer that leads teachers through the production process so they can easily facilitate podcasting with their students.
I do. We do. You do.
Work your way through the resources page by page. Videos are punctuated by activities that scaffold progressively towards creating podcasts as a class:
Interview a Friend: no recording, just practicing asking and answering questions.
Practice Podcast: record a fully scripted podcast to get familiar with the process.
Favorite Animals Podcast: students use sentence starters and lots of scaffolding to write about their favorite animals and then record.
The Debate: the class follows a graphic organizer as a group to make a podcast together.
We’ve carefully constructed a path for you and your students to walk down together. By the end, you’ll all feel comfortable podcasting together.