I originally started my blog as a resource to update parents on our classroom activities. Through the years it has grown into place to share ideas with other educators. This section contains the most read and shared posts from my ELA teacher blog.
My classroom is the home away from home for my students and me, so I try to make it as welcoming, inviting, and full of inspiration as possible. A few years ago, I decided to change things up and try DIY bulletin board ideas to …
“A writer only begins a book, a reader finishes it.”-Samuel Johnson As a reading teacher, I find that there is so much truth to this statement. One of the essential things that I believe is that it takes a special skill set for students to …
My favorite school days are the ones that find us in a bit of a routine, when my middle school students are to the point where they are energized and enthusiastic while knowing procedures and classroom expectations. One project that has exemplified this glorious balance has …
Task cards are a fantastic teaching tool with dozens of different ways to incorporate them into your middle school classroom. I have used task cards with my ELA students for everything from icebreaker activities to context clues and character analysis work. Typically, a task card …
As the school year progresses, we start digging deeper into our learning and attempting more complex classroom concepts and tasks. Some of the BIG work we do in the middle school classroom is establishing expectations in literature circles in order to make this invaluable time …
I find 6th grade students are all over the map when it comes to reading books. Some love reading and never want to put their books down; some read because they “have to,” and others love to share their “HATRED” for reading! As a teacher who …
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