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 …

Read more

Teaching about September 11th in middle school

Remembering 9/11 in my ELA Classroom

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 …

Read more

best books for middle school readers

50 Best Books for Middle School

Every summer, I get a few emails or texts from parents and students asking for book recommendations. I typically know these readers well, so I can fire off 5-10 book recommendations that I think their middle school readers will love. In hindsight though, I should …

Read more

Differentiating Reading Instruction with Novel Units

Differentiated Instruction with Novel Units

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 …

Read more

teaching reading fluency

5 Reading Fluency Tricks for BIG KIDS

“Why do I have to read aloud? I hate reading aloud!” -a struggling 6th grade reader A number of years ago, when my school district began our work with Response to Intervention, or RTI, it became even more abundantly clear that many of our upper elementary …

Read more

task cards for language arts

5 Ways to Use ELA Task Cards

I am obsessed with ways to make learning as fun as possible for students.Ā “If you are bored as the teacher in your classroom, your students probably are too!”Ā This quote from Kayla Delzer from Top Dog Teaching makes me consider my planning for each school week. …

Read more

Emergency ELA Sub Plans
ELA Sub Plans Bundle $17.00
4.8
ELA Sub Plans Bundle $17.00
Reader's Theater
Readers Theater Bundle $21.00
4.8
Readers Theater Bundle $21.00
Word Wall!
Editable ELA Word Wall $5.00
4.9
Editable ELA Word Wall $5.00
Item added to cart.
0 items - $0.00