Replacing parent teacher conferences with student led conferences

Student Led Conferences Made Easy! (For PARENTS and TEACHERS)

Are you looking for a new way to host parent-teacher conferences? One option to consider is switching to student-led conferences as a way to boost both parent participation and student engagement. The Case for Student-Led Conferences I first utilized student-led conferences several years ago with …

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Tuck Everlasting Novel Study Activities

Tuck Everlasting Novel Study Activities

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt is a wonderful book to choose for your next 6th grade novel study or to utilize with intervention-level 7th and 8th grade readers. Your students will be on the edge of their seats waiting to see what happens to Winnie …

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Reading buddies for middle school language arts

5 Reasons to Implement Reading Buddies

Do you have a reading buddies program in your school? I know some teachers avoid the concept due to scheduling hurdles, but the benefits for both groups of students are substantial. Here are some reasons to implement reading buddies into your middle school ELA schedule. …

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Daily 5 for digital learnings

The Digital Daily 5 in the ELA Classroom

With Common Core standards and with so many of our assessments moving to an online format, it is essential that students are able to navigate technology resources successfully and effectively. If you incorporate the Daily 5 framework into your ELA classroom, the Chromebook is one …

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Teacher Tips for Classroom Observations

5-Ways to Prepare for your Classroom Observation

Now that the first weeks of school are in the books, principals will begin scheduling classroom observations. On a full-cycle evaluation year, I am observed three times throughout the school year. This includes two scheduled observations and one that is not scheduled in advance. Despite …

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middle school books with friendship themes

Friendship Themes in Books: Upper Elementary Novels

Friendships are a big part of growing up—developing them, growing them, and maintaining them.Ā 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.Ā If you teach upper elementary to middle …

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