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Posts
ELA Classroom
- 10+Amazon Essentials for Middle School
- 25 Must-Haves for Your ELA Classroom
- 3 Free Christmas Printables for Your Middle School ELA Classroom
- 3 Reasons Students Don’t Hate Book Projects
- 5 Language Arts Holiday Activities for Middle School
- A Fun Valentine’s Day Activity for the Middle Grade Classroom
- April ELA Activities for Middle School
- Back to School 2020: Tips from a Middle School ELA Teacher
- Back to School Digital Activities for ELA Classrooms
- Back to School Favorites for ELA Teachers
- Back to School Made Easy
- Big List of Books Recommended by 7th Grade Readers
- CHAMPS Classroom Management Display Freebie!
- Classroom Management Activities for Middle School
- Daily 5 Tools for Middle School Language Arts
- Daily 5: Tried and True Resources for Grades 4-6
- December ELA Favorites for Middle School
- December ELA Ideas for BIG KIDS
- Earth Day Activities for Middle Grades
- ELA Classroom Set-Up Made Easier
- ELA Emergency Sub Plans: Don’t Leave School Without Them!
- ELA End of the Year Activities for Middle School
- ELA Sub Plans (Made Easy!) for Middle School
- ELA Test Prep TIMEOUT! Your Students are READY!
- ELA Test Prep…March Madness Style
- ELA Word Wall (Made Easy!) for Middle School
- ELA Word Wall Ideas and Activities
- ELA Word Work FUN for BIG KIDS
- February ELA Favorites for Middle School
- Halloween Classroom Activities for BIG KIDS!
- How to Finish the School Year Strong: Upper Elementary Style!
- Interactive Reading Logs using Pictures
- Introduction to Common Core Standards for ELA Middle Grades
- Language Arts Classroom Ideas
- Mid-Year ELA Classroom Setup Reset
- Middle School ELA Resources for March
- November ELA Favorites for Middle School
- October ELA Favorites for Middle School
- One Word for the New Year!
- Remembering Our Veterans: ELA Lesson Plan Ideas
- Student Engagement for BIG KIDS!
- Surviving the End of School Year CHAOS!!!
- Teaching About Memorial Day!
- Test Prep with ELA Testing Terms
- Thanksgiving ELA Ideas for Middle Grades
- The Digital Daily 5 in the ELA Classroom
- The ELA Teacher Toolbox
- The January Classroom Refresh
- The Marshmallow Challenge for 6th Graders…TEAMWORK, SUPPORT, COLLABORATION
- Tips, Techniques, and Tools for Distance Learning
- Using Balanced Literacy in the ELA Classroom
- Using Sports Reading Passages to Boost Close Reading Skills
- Word Wall on a DIME
- Zoom Classroom Tips, Ideas, and Expectations Freebie
ELA Reading Instruction
- 10-Things Middle School Readers Want You to Know
- 3 Free ELA Printables for Halloween
- 5 Diverse Books for Middle School
- 5 Reading Fluency Tricks for BIG KIDS
- 5 Reasons to Implement Reading Buddies
- 5 Tips for Teaching Close Reading
- 50 Best Books for Middle School
- An ELA Teacher’s List of Best Books for 6th Grade
- Back to School Book Favorites: The Recess Queen
- Boston Celtics ELA Reading Lesson for Middle Grades
- Context Clues and Hunger Games in the Classroom
- Engaging Struggling Readers with Annotation
- Fake Readers: The Struggle is REAL!
- First Day Read Alouds for Middle Grades
- Fluency Tools and My Chocolate Fever CCSS Novel Unit
- How to Use Reader’s Notebooks in the Middle School Classroom
- Interactive Reading Logs using Pictures
- Literature Circles Made Easy
- Mystery Readers: Guest Readers in the Classroom
- Poetry Analysis for Middle School Students
- Reading Intervention Tools: Helping Students Read at Grade-Level
- Remembering 9/11 in my ELA Classroom
- Student Selected Summer Reading
- Teaching about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Middle School Resources
- Teaching Fables in Middle School ELA
- The Day the Crayons Quit for BIG KIDS
- The Perfect Summer Reads: Rules by Cynthia Lord
- Upper Elementary ELA Resources and Bonus FREEBIE!
- Using Fables to Introduce Literature Circles
ELA Task Cards
ELA Writing Instruction
- Authentic Writing in Writer’s Notebooks
- Expository Writing FREEBIE: Inspired by our New Pet!
- New Year’s Resolution Essay Writing (MADE EASY!) for Middle School
- New Year’s Writing Activities and Printables for After Winter Break
- Paired Text Essay Writing Made Easy for BIG KIDS
- Spring Break Personal Narrative Essay and Journal Writing Activities
- Writing Celebrations Made Easy
Just for Fun
Novel Study
- 5 Essential Activities for Novel Study Units
- 5 Key Benefits to Reading Novels with Your Big Kids
- Common Core Crash Novel Study by Jerry Spinelli
- Crash: A Middle Grades Reader’s Theater Inspired by the Novel
- Differentiated Instruction with Novel Units
- Favorite Novels for Middle Grade ELA
- Friendship Themes in Books: Upper Elementary Novels
- Growing Readers and Thinkers: Wonder Novel Unit Resource
- Historical Fiction Novels for Upper Elementary to Middle School
- Middle Grade Stories and Novels with Dogs
- Novel Study Freebie for Brian’s Winter
- Novel Study Unit: Pleasing the Ghost by Sharon Creech
- Novel Study Units for Hard To Reach Middle Schoolers
- TOP 5 Ways to Know You’ve Found a Good ELA Novel Unit!
Reader Favorites
- 10+Amazon Essentials for Middle School
- 25 Must-Haves for Your ELA Classroom
- 3 Reasons Students Don’t Hate Book Projects
- 5 Essential Activities for Novel Study Units
- 5 Reading Fluency Tricks for BIG KIDS
- 5 Tips for Teaching Close Reading
- 5-Ways to Prepare for your Classroom Observation
- 50 Best Books for Middle School
- An ELA Teacher’s List of Best Books for 6th Grade
- Back to School Favorites for ELA Teachers
- Best Reasons to Incorporate Reader’s Theater into your Middle School Classroom
- Bulletin Board Letters Made Easy (3 Steps)
- Differentiated Instruction with Novel Units
- ELA Classroom Set-Up Made Easier
- ELA Sub Plans (Made Easy!) for Middle School
- ELA Word Wall (Made Easy!) for Middle School
- ELA Word Wall Ideas and Activities
- How to Implement Reader’s Theater
- How to Use Reader’s Notebooks in the Middle School Classroom
- Interactive Reading Logs using Pictures
- Poetry Analysis for Middle School Students
- Reader’s Theater Scripts for Middle School
- Task Cards (Made Easy!) for The Middle School Classroom
- The ELA Teacher Toolbox
- Using Fables to Introduce Literature Circles
Readers Theater
- A St. Patrick’s Day Reader’s Theater for Middle School
- A Valentine’s Day Reader’s Theater for Middle School
- Best Reasons to Incorporate Reader’s Theater into your Middle School Classroom
- Halloween Reader’s Theater Script for Middle Grades (BONUS Craftivity and Close Reading Passage)
- Holiday Readers Theater Scripts for the Middle School Classroom
- How to Implement Reader’s Theater
- Reader’s Theater for Middle Grades: The Cafeteria Catastrophe
- Reader’s Theater for the Middle Grades
- Reader’s Theater Resource for September 11th
- Reader’s Theater Scripts for Middle School
- Upper Elementary Reader’s Theater For Any Day or Season
Teaching Tips
- “What do you LOVE about your child?” Getting to Know Your Students Through Parents
- 10 Things 6th Graders Want You to Know…Rapport Building 101
- 10 Things Middle School Students Want You to Know
- 15 Must Teach Routines for the Middle School Classroom
- 16 Things I’ve Learned from 16 Years of Teaching
- 2-Alternatives to the Great Recess Takeaway
- 2-Strategies to Ease Teacher Stress
- 4 Rules for Treats in the Classroom
- 5 Activities for Middle School Homeroom and Advisory Time
- 5 Ideas to Consider When Changing Grade Levels
- 5 Ways to Minimize Teacher Stress
- 5 Ways You KNOW State Testing is OVER…and what to teach now!
- 5-Ways to Prepare for your Classroom Observation
- 6th Grade Reading Lesson Plans: What template works for you?
- A Day of Giving Back!
- Back to School Fun and Best Things About Summer FREEBIE!
- Bulletin Board Letters Made Easy (3 Steps)
- Calming the Year End Chaos… Tips for Success
- Class Meetings for BIG KIDS
- End of the School Year Made Easy
- End of Year Slideshow Songs and Video Tips
- End of Year Video Song List and Music in the Classroom
- Finding Balance as a Time-Strapped Teacher
- From Middle School to First Grade
- Fun Appreciation Ideas for Teachers and Parents
- Handling Student Conflict in Middle School
- Homework Tips for Parents and Teachers
- Improving Student Behavior Management with an Incentive Store
- Incorporating Conflict Management into Daily Instruction
- It’s the First Day of School! Now What?!
- Middle Grades Word Work Resource
- My Teacher Heroes
- Peer Feedback Students LOVE!
- Quick Strategies for Student Engagement and Assessment
- Relationship Building in the Classroom
- Relaxed yet? Time to get ready for another school year!!!
- So…You want to leave the classroom?
- Spring Student Led Conferences Evaluation Form
- State Testing is OVER…Now what? Try these ELA ideas!
- Strategies for Homework Success
- Student Helpers and Classroom Jobs
- Student Led Conferences Made Easy! (For PARENTS and TEACHERS)
- Student Recognition Made Easy
- Tackling BULLIES in School: Teaching Moments and Resources
- Teaching Summary Strategy
- The Summer Teacher Refresh