word wall ideas and activities for middle school

ELA Word Wall Ideas and Activities

Student: “Wait…I know I should know this, but what does that word mean again?” As teachers, we are constantly referring to various terms in our content areas that we want/NEED students to know. To cement understanding, I designed a word wall to display academic terminology …

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daily 5 for the middle grade classroom

Daily 5: Tried and True Resources for Grades 4-6

Have you read this book by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser?The Daily 5: Fostering Literacy in the Elementary Grades I can promise that it will transform the way you teach in your ELA classroom. The premise of this must-read resource is that “students select from …

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Back to School Favorites for ELA Teachers... I have been blogging for over 10 years. Here are some of my favorite posts to get teachers geared up for back to school season.

Back to School Favorites for ELA Teachers

2025 is my 25th back to school season!  While I began my teaching career in 1998 (with a few years off staying home with my littlest), every back to school season seems even more exciting than the one before.  Over the years, I have written …

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language arts classroom ideas

Language Arts Classroom Ideas

As a teacher, I find coming up with new classroom ideas each year to be one of the most fun but also tricky parts of the back-to-school season. On one hand, you want to optimize student learning and maximize instructional time, but classrooms are not emotionless …

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