Brynn Allison, The Literary Maven , & Lisa Spangler, Mrs. Spangler in the Middle , (that's me!) are hosting a chat called #2ndaryELA on Twitter every Tuesday evening from 8 - 8:30 PM EST. #2ndaryELA is a weekly chat for secondary English Language Arts teachers focused on a topic. Ever…
I've spent a good amount of time this summer reading through various books on the subject of differentiation. It's become a hot topic in my neck of the woods with teachers being required to show examples of how they have differentiated instruction for students with specia…
Differentiation is a buzzword that I hear a lot. We Middle School Teachers understand that differentiation is important because our students have different learning needs. As a result, we make changes to our instruction to meet those needs because we want our students to be successful.…
Here in Florida, we are winding down the school year and I am always on the lookout for ways to make it meaningful and fun. So I thought I would share what I found: I like this idea because it's a way to have a stroll down memory lane and yet make it more important than just sig…