You Made It!
Kick off your shoes and pat yourself on the back because you have made it through another year! There were some crazy things this year, as has become the new normal, but I hope you found a lot of joy in your work as an educator! You’ve put twelve months worth of work into ten months so you deserve this time off! So what’s the best way to ...
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End of School Classroom Routines to Calm the Chaos
Spring is in the air! I love the warm weather and promise of summer, but sometimes maintaining routines and calm in the classroom can be a challenge! I know my students are always louder and more distracted this time of year. It’s important that we strive to end our days on a positive note and without classroom routines students can often be loud, rowdy, and ...
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Tips for Teaching Writing in the Middle School Classroom
Teaching Writing
Teaching writing in the middle school classroom can be really tricky. There are always some students who love writing, but I have always found that most of my students groan when I ask them to pull out their writing. Then you have those students who just sit there and stare at their pages class after class no matter how many times you ...
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6 Ways To Encourage Independent Reading
As teachers, reading is one of our main focuses with our students. Whether we teach littles or middles, our students are always reading! All of our core curriculum, Math to Science to History and English, expects our students to read a lot and read well. One of the best ways for students to become better readers overall is for them to read ...
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Digital Activities for Early Finishers
Now What?
“I’m done! Now what?” Every. Single. Day. As teachers, we dread hearing these words! You’ve already put so much time and effort into the online lesson plan, you didn’t have a chance to plan anything else! Amongst the many challenges teaching online is the fact that some littles finish tasks way quicker than others. This leaves us scrambling to ...
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5 Ways To Engage Your Students In The New Year
I don’t know about you, but for me January is perhaps the gloomiest month of the year. The holiday magic has ended and you are back to work with restless students with no break in sight for months to come. So what do you do!? Somehow you have to find a way to engage your middles as you navigate a new year. And while the new year can seem dreary after all the ...
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