Author's craft can be a tough standard to teach. After seeing my students struggle with this, I decided to figure out a way to break this down in a way that would make more sense. Here are 3 ways to help your students master this skill. Author's Craft Anchor Chart I made the anchor chart seen ... Read More about Author’s Craft: 3 Ways to Teach in Middle School
How Stressed Out Teachers Can Still Promote Learning
It's hard to think about how to promote learning and engagement when teachers are at what seem to be, an all-time low, both mentally and physically. If you're in teacher Facebook or other social media groups, you can't avoid the posts from the extreme amount of teachers sharing that they are overly ... Read More about How Stressed Out Teachers Can Still Promote Learning
4 End of Year ELA Activities that are ZERO PREP
What's more important in May or June than end of year ELA activities that students will actually enjoy? These are tried and true resources that cause my students to beg for more! You'll also love the FREEBIE I've included... and that all of the activities require virtually ZERO PREP!1. End of Year ... Read More about 4 End of Year ELA Activities that are ZERO PREP
5 Game Changing Ideas for Using Tract in the Classroom
Tract is a peer-to-peer personalized learning platform designed to foster creativity, interests, and promote project-based learning for students in grades 3-12. This blog post will share 5 game changing ideas for using Tract in the classroom. Tract sponsored this blog post. However, I only recommend ... Read More about 5 Game Changing Ideas for Using Tract in the Classroom
Why These Successful Test Prep Activities Work
There is nothing middle school students dread more than test prep! I can't say that I don't feel the same... especially this year. Some students have been online while others have been in person. Then there's the handful of kids who were virtual. All you saw was their ceiling all year, so you don't ... Read More about Why These Successful Test Prep Activities Work
Argumentative Essay Writing Coming in Strong
Teaching the Argumentative Essay Writing process as a middle school ELA teacher is something we all know is part of the job... and what a job it is! After tweaking this for years, I've finally found what works and what doesn't. The bottom line- the writing process has to be broken down into steps. ... Read More about Argumentative Essay Writing Coming in Strong
