close reading strategies for middle school

5 Tips for Teaching Close Reading

Close reading is a reading strategy that I utilize with my students ALL YEAR, but during test-prep time, it gets a bit more focused. By having students read a passage multiple times and markup the text as they are reading, they will become more focused …

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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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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 …

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Interactive Reading Logs using Pictures

Reading logs are a tricky thing!  I get it! Continuously charting pages and book titles and gathering signatures is just not a method that encourages and instills a love of reading. I understand that we want to keep students accountable for what they are reading, but …

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fake readers

Fake Readers: The Struggle is REAL!

I HATED reading as a kid. I would sit at my desk during silent reading time, stare at a book as long as my teacher made me, and I would daydream.  Yup!  I said it. I am a reading teacher who DESPISED reading as a kid …

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