
Lessons and Assessments
Planning and assessing middle school lessons can take a long time. Check out these articles and resources to help you reduce the time spent on both of these tasks.

Long Range Plans
Middle school teachers – take the stress out daily lesson planning by downloading these free long range plans for Grades 6 – 8. Split grade lesson plans are also available. These plans are packed with ideas for each month of the school year.
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