Ready to take the leap into building proficiency rubrics that work? I’m going to spell out everything I know about proficiency rubrics and how they
In education, we often hear about what NOT to do. For many years now (my entire teaching career in fact), a big “no no” has
We are ELA teachers. Logistics and doing tasks in sequential order aren’t always our strong suits. I don’t want to speak for all ELA teachers,
It’s easily the number one question I get asked by middle school ELA teachers who want to use a Reading Workshop/Writing Workshop framework, but have
When small group reading instruction is mentioned two instructional contexts immediately come to mind: guided reading and literature circles. Chances are you have tried or
Some teachers won’t admit this, and it also may not be true for all teachers, but one part of the allure to teaching for me
In education, we always hear the phrase, “You want to have more student talk and less teacher talk.” I think a majority of teachers would
For middle school ELA teachers, the grading struggle is real. We want to be able to provide meaningful feedback to students on their reading and
As I near the end of my thirteenth year in the middle school ELA classroom, I can say that my philosophy and teaching style has
You have made the decision to try out literature circles in your middle school ELA classroom. That’s awesome! Rather than handing students a book and
