When I had the good fortune of teaching 75-fourth graders every day, we started every day a class meeting. It is an excellent strategy when you have minimal class transitions, but it is not something I utilize with my current 7th graders because our middle …
America has had plenty of tragedies that are not easy to explain to our children. 9/11 is one of those events, but it is also an important part of American history. Will you be teaching about September 11th this year? If you are thinking about …
As a middle school ELA teacher, I am always in search of resources that best meet the needs of my readers. Having a good selection of novels and a diverse set of reading comprehension activities are two ways I incorporate differentiated instruction into my language …
Friendships are a big part of growing up—developing them, growing them, and maintaining them. Being a middle school teacher, mom, wife, sister, daughter, coach, and friend, I find that friendship themes are a focus in many of my school days. If you teach upper elementary …
It is 3 AM, and you hear your child’s feet running to the toilet and barely making it before vomiting, which wakes you from a dream you were too tired to even know you were having because you are a teacher! As a teacher, you …
Reading logs are a tricky thing! I get it! Continuously charting pages and book titles and gathering signatures is just not a method that encourages and instills a love of reading. I understand that we want to keep students accountable for what they are reading, but …
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