Organizing your language arts classroom to optimize learning and minimize distractions is a delicate practice. This section contains my favorite ideas and resources that I use in my own ELA classroom.
As ELA teachers, we are constantly looking for new tools and resources to help our students improve their reading, writing, and fluency. While textbooks and other traditional teaching methods hold an important role, the internet has expanded our options for unique teaching tools. From teacher-created …
As teachers begin planning for back to school, I see an abundance of creative classrooms filling my social media feeds. I love seeing how other teachers organize their classroom spaces because it gives me inspiration on the best way to set up my class to …
Creating a middle school syllabus should be a simple task, but I know from experience how hard it is to condense all of your classroom guidelines and expectations onto a single page. One way I was able to streamline the process was to build my …
As a teacher, I am always on the hunt for the perfect tools at the lowest prices for my ELA classroom. Taking care of our students and keeping our learning centers stocked and ready is just ingrained in our brains. Whether you are beginning your …
If you haven’t added an ELA word wall to your classroom yet, definitely do it today! It is the easiest way to transform classroom wall space into a perpetual learning resource. Word walls have been a staple of my classroom for many years, and I’m …
Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings is a staple in my 7th-grade ELA curriculum. This is a book we cover through both traditional novel study activities and daily read-alouds in the classroom. It is fast-paced, the moral stakes are real, and your students will be talking …
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