Middle school book recommendations are important so that teachers can find excellent books to share with their students. Teachers are always on the lookout for the next great book to add to their classrooms. In this blog post, I have linked amazing middle school book recommendations that you can share
Reader’s workshop in the middle school classroom does not have to be overwhelming. Today Kasey Kiehl and I have teamed up to share our best tips for managing the reading workshop model at the middle school level. Kasey and I both use the workshop model in our classrooms and have
Biographies are an important non-fiction text type to teach. Students can get stuck in their own worlds and forget about the great things that are happening outside of their immediate community. When planning out their teaching units, it is important that teachers include biographies as a non-fiction text type or
Summer reading projects are required in some schools, and they can become very onerous on the students and teachers. Today’s blog post is written by Rebecca Gettelman who is a middle and high school teacher from the Midwest. She has been teaching for over eleven years. A number of years
Ideas For Getting Students To Read Getting students to read should not be a challenge, but it is up to us as teachers to set the expectations from day one. Students need to see why reading is a valuable way to use their time. Two teachers Kristy (a middle school
Middle school short stories are one of my favourite things to teach. I use them to teach the elements of the novel, figurative language and critical thinking skills. In this blog post, I list and summarize my top 14 middle school short stories that I use in my classroom. Each
Readers and Writers Workshop is an important element in many middle and high school English Language Arts classrooms. I know a lot of schools are starting to embrace this approach to teaching ELA. In this #2ndaryELA Twitter Chat recap, teachers shared their best ideas for Interactive Read Alouds, Mini-Lessons, Guided
It is important to check in with students while they read. Today I am so excited to introduce Meg from The Teacher Studio as a guest blogger on 2 Peas and a Dog. The Power of Connections! One of the most valuable times of my day begins when my students
By using highly-engaging rants, your students won’t even realize you’ve channeled their daily rants and complaints into high-quality, writing!
