Secret Sauce:
Success Strategies Freebie
If you’re interested in building positive relationships with your students and their parents, check out this awesome lesson!

Back from Winter Break: 5 Easy ELA Activities to Kickstart the New Year
Get students back from winter break with fun new year classroom activities! Find 5 creative and easy ideas for celebrating the new year, from escape rooms to vision boards. You

5 Festive Holiday Lesson Ideas for Middle School Language Arts
Keeping middle school students engaged before a holiday requires fun and educational holiday classroom activities. These holiday lesson ideas require minimal prep and deliver reading, writing, and critical thinking skills!

The Best Middle School ELA Scope and Sequence
A scope and sequence is a detailed framework that outlines what will be taught (the scope) and the order in which it will be taught (the sequence). An ELA scope and sequence serves as a

5 Brilliant Budget-Friendly and Functional Classroom Decor Ideas for Middle School ELA
Transform your middle school ELA classroom with creative, functional, budget-friendly classroom decor ideas that actually get your students excited to learn. No magic wand—or big spending spree—needed, just a few

5 Actionable Morphology Word Study Ideas for All Levels
I’m Marie Vee, of Mountain Laurel Literacy, and I’m so grateful to be here today to talk about teaching morphology, word roots, and affixes to students of all levels. I’m

The Super Smart Tool for Teaching Writing Structures in Middle School and Upper Elementary
If you teach writing, teaching writing structures is imperative. It doesn’t have to be hard! I’ll show you how. Picture this—it’s test season, and you tell your kids they have