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

5 Winning Reasons to Start Teaching With Podcasts
If you’re like me, and you’re tired of repeating yourself 2,124 times a day, try teaching with podcasts! They’re a new and engaging way to teach active listening skills, as

Retirement Gift for a Teacher: A Unique and Thoughtful Idea
Are any of your teacher friends retiring this year? If so, you’re probably on a quest for a great teacher retirement gift! A retirement gift for a teacher should be

The Best Way to Teach Summary Writing
Summary writing can be a tricky business. After all, boiling down an article or story into just a few sentences takes ninja skills. But it’s a skill well worth mastering,

3 Tips for Teaching Your Students to Write Strong Essays
I don’t know about you, but when I was in middle school, I always found essay writing to be a bummer, even though I loved writing. And based on the

How to Teach Argument Writing Step-By-Step
No doubt, teaching argument writing to middle school students can be tricky. Even the word “argumentative” is off-putting, bringing to mind pointless bickering. But once I came up with argument

10 Reasons to Try Digital Escape Rooms
It’s first period on a Monday morning. Your middle school students drag themselves into class like zombies. They have no idea you have a secret. They’re about to embark on