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Success Strategies Freebie
If you’re interested in building positive relationships with your students and their parents, check out this awesome lesson!
3 Ways to Use Sentence Stems in Middle School
When an esteemed high school advanced placement instructor I know suggested using more sentence stems and writing frames with all levels of middle AND high school students, I was intrigued.
6 Secrets Every Writing Teacher Should Know
I was a brand new writing teacher behaving like a runaway bride. Yup, I remember calling my mother between classes, sobbing that I’d made a huge mistake. I was actually
Teaching Text Structure: Compare and Contrast
As English teachers, we all love reading fictional texts that are rich with characters we long to be friends with and themes that change even a small part of our
10 Ways to Use Flipgrid in the Classroom
Hi ELA Buffet Readers! I’m Lyndsey from Lit with Lyns, and I was thrilled when Darlene invited me to do a guest blog post! As a middle school teacher and
Teaching Fictional Text Structure
Whether you are an elementary, middle, or high school teacher, fictional texts play a huge role in your curriculum. In fact, many ELA teachers I know are not ashamed to
Complete Catalog of ELA Escape Room Resources
I felt like I found the Holy Grail for teachers when I used an escape room in my class for the first time. After all, doesn’t every teacher want instant