Student Choice in the Classroom with #2ndaryELA

Brynn Allison,   The Literary Maven , & Lisa Spangler, Mrs. Spangler in the Middle , host #2ndaryELA on Twitter every Sunday evening from 8 - 8:30 PM EST. #2ndaryELA is a weekly chat for secondary English Language Arts teachers focused on a topic. Every Friday, we post the topic and questi…

Reach All Learners with Video Lessons!

My middle school students and I started reading the novel Tangerine.   I started talking about theme and my students looked at me like I had four heads!   I tried re-explaining it but I could see some students were still a bit foggy on the concept. Since we're 1:1 (every student has t…

First Chapter Friday with #2ndaryELA

Brynn Allison,   The Literary Maven , & Lisa Spangler, Mrs. Spangler in the Middle , host #2ndaryELA on Twitter every Sunday evening from 8 - 8:30 PM EST. #2ndaryELA is a weekly chat for secondary English Language Arts teachers focused on a topic. Every Friday, we post the topic and question…

Executive Functioning Strategies for Middle School

Executive Functioning Skills - what are they and should you be teaching them?  The #2ndaryELA community worked out the details in the most recent Twitter chat.  Read on to get some of the best strategies for your classroom: SpanglerMiddle @SpanglerMiddle   ·  16h 16 hours ago Q1: …