Big News! Starting next school year, I will be co-hosting the weekly #2ndaryELA Twitter chats! Secondary ELA Educators meet on Twitter every Tuesday night for half an hour to discuss various topics. Below is the last chat for the 2017-2018 school year but my first as co-host…
We all know that obesity in children is on the rise. So, we know the students need more movement - but in Middle School? Where the students are already all over the place? Are you kidding me? That's what I thought when I first heard this was the subject of our professional develo…
It's that time of year again! Time to review for the Big State Test in Reading. I polled my students to see what they thought were the best kinds of review. It probably comes as no surprise to you that my middle school students said "competition"! So I put on my thi…
I recently had the pleasure of talking with Danielle from Study All Knight Resources about one the best digital tools for nonfiction - NewsELA! The main thing I love about it is that you can select your grade and the standards you want your students to work with and NewsELA will show you art…