Middle school lessons

As students head back to school, ELA teachers everywhere are considering how they are going to begin the school year, so I wanted to walk you through one of my favorite lesson plans entitled, “Why do we read?” As an educator, there are few things as exciting and rewarding as introducing a young person to […]

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Learn why one-pagers are one of my go-to activities for breaking down complex topics and texts. Understand what they are, why you and your students will love them, and how to implement them in your ELA classroom. I even have the advice to help you tackle the biggest obstacle you’ll encounter with this activity.

Use these Six Minutes podcast lessons and follow up activities to plan engaging and fun lesson plans for your middle school ELA students.

15 exit ticket ideas for any subject or grade level!

If you have middle school aged students, these STEM projects for middle school will be great additions to your collection of STEAM activities for kids.

This post originally appeared on the blog Musings from the Middle School. So, you have to teach writing, huh? Or maybe you already teach writing and you’re looking for some fresh insight? Well, ladies

30 social-emotional learning strategies for middle school kids to boost confidence and strengthen SEL skills students need for success.

Ideas for making halloween spooktacular in your middle school science classroom! You either love halloween or hate it when you teach middle school science. I’ve decided to embrace it over the years and I am going to share some of my easy to implement, classroom-tested, middle school halloween lesson ideas, activities and costumes! There are […]

Give the children a piece of paper that says “I can’t imagine life without” in the center of the page, and then have the students write all over the page what they cannot live without.