My students recently finished up a literary analysis writing unit. If I’m being honest, I wasn’t looking forward to the unit because I didn’t think
It’s officially state testing season across the United States, so how do you react to this as a teacher? I generally see teachers fall into
I’m going to start this blog post off with what could very well be an unpopular opinion. I hate seasonal lessons and activities. I hate
Most teachers, including myself, have a default mode when it comes to how we ask students questions across a class period. 95% of the time,
This may not be true for all, but for many of us, we chose to teach middle school ELA because we love to read and/or
You have gone over your class syllabus, given the classroom tour, and developed common classroom expectations with your students. Now what? Maybe you’re not ready
Across a school year, we teach and have students write in multiple genres: informative/explanatory, persuasive, narrative, and research. When teaching narrative writing, teachers often default
We all know that when students get to partner up and work with each other in a productive way, student engagement goes up. However, in
I have a mind that races through the tasks I need to get done. Continuously. In the past, this has hindered how I feel throughout
Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt confused as a middle school teacher when tasked with providing a reading intervention to middle school students. Whether
