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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!
5 Diverse Books for Middle School
June 17, 2025
When I think back to the beginning of my teaching career, which began in August of 1998, while I was an enthusiastic college-grad, fresh from an enriching student-teaching experience, seemingly ready to take on a classroom of well-behaved and on-level students, I truly knew nothing!
10 Things Middle School Students Want You to Know
June 9, 2025
I have reached the point in my life where not only have I had the good fortune of teaching middle school, but I also have middle school students of my own. I have a college student, a high schooler, and my youngest is entering 7th
5 Essential Activities for Novel Study Units
June 2, 2025
“A writer only begins a book, a reader finishes it.”-Samuel Johnson As a reading teacher, I find that there is so much truth to this statement. One of the essential things that I believe is that it takes a special skill set for students to
The Perfect Summer Reads: Rules by Cynthia Lord
May 27, 2025
I dream of reading novel after novel throughout the school year, but time is of the essence. With professional development, classroom instruction, and family life…novel reading for pleasure can go by the wayside. That is why summertime is my very favorite book-reading season! Reading books in
