Students are learning in so many different ways! Whether they’re taking courses online or in-person, it is important for our middle schoolers to see how reading connects to their own lives. Keeping reading relevant for online learners requires connecting to other texts students have read, current events, and of course, their own personal lives! Here […]
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Free Middle School ELA Resources to Save You Time and Money
I am happy to provide you with free middle school ELA resources to save you both time and money! Here, you will find how you can use my free ELA resources to help teach comprehension, text structure, and inferencing: three sets of skills that always appear on reading assessments! Comprehension Resources First, understanding is the foundation of […]
Quick Ways to Differentiate Your Reading Instruction
No two students are alike, in personality or ability. Most instructors know this fact intellectually, but when it comes time to plan for instruction, it may not be foremost in the teacher’s mind. With the many factors to be considered when lesson planning, how can a teacher quickly and easily differentiate instruction to make sure […]
Managing the chaos of the holidays!
It’s the last day of school before Christmas break. You’re singing along to Christmas carols and sipping hot cocoa. You have a long list of things to do, but you can’t stop smiling. You wonder if it is possible for anyone else to be as excited as you are about the upcoming break and the […]
Work Life Balance
Teaching can be ridiculously difficult. It can be emotionally taxing and physically exhausting. Your to-do list is never-ending. You may often feel like you’re being pulled in a hundred different directions. It can be easy to let this job overwhelm you. I could spend 60 hours or more at school and still never feel like […]