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MrsBeers.com is a collection of my experiences as a middle school language arts teacher. I share teaching strategies, classroom ideas, and my product creations to help you find inspiration for your own ELA classroom!
End of Year Slideshow Songs and Video Tips
May 13, 2025
One of my favorite things to do is take pictures of my students throughout the course of the school year and create an end of year slideshow video of all of those images showing the students in action. It is amazing to see the growth and
State Testing is OVER…Now what? Try these ELA ideas!
May 5, 2025
I originally published these after-testing ideas for ELA teachers a few years ago, but the lessons and examples are still applicable today. This post features lesson ideas I used as a 4th grade teacher. Many of them can be modified for middle school use as
ELA End of the Year Activities for Middle School
May 4, 2025
It’s not easy to balance work and fun near the end of the school year. Our students have summer and swimming pool dreams on their minds, and ELA teachers don’t have enough instruction time to get through a new novel unit. This makes May a
Teacher Appreciation Made Easy!
May 3, 2025
As an educator, I can tell you that Teacher Appreciation Week begins very similarly to every other school week. Students come in, organize for the day, and prepare to listen (as enthusiastically as a middle school student can) to the morning announcements. It is a normal
