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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!
Use Spiral Review and Kick Test Prep to the Curb
In just a few minutes a day, spiral review, also known as spiral learning, seamlessly encourages students to understand and recall skills on a deeper level. Here’s how I use
Why You Should Use a Feature Article to Teach Informational Writing
Have you ever said the words “informational research writing” to your middle school writers, only to hear the groans echo like a yodel in the Alps? If the answer is
Writing Frames are a Recipe for Success
Last year I was given a class of struggling middle school writers. It didn’t take long for me to realize that I needed to provide them with even more scaffolding
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