My middle school students are master procrastinators! They will put off absolutely everything and anything to the absolute last moment and then expect me to work some extensive overtime on their behalf. So I came up with a plan to prevent the missing work avalanche! 1. Students must use a pape…
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Solve the problem of teaching writing skills to middle school students who are performing at all different kinds of skill levels with the Leveled Writing Lab! It's a full differentiation and intervention solution! As a teacher with 28 years of experience in the classroom, I needed a way for …
For many years at the beginning of my career, I taught summer school. As an ELA teacher, we naturally studied a novel. I remember teaching "Freak the Mighty" and "Max and Me and the Time Machine". What I discovered was that it is hard to get students into a book during the…
It was 4 days before the state writing test and we needed some quick and focused practice. What can I do in just 4 days and make an impact? That was my quandary and these are the 5 ways that I found to help get my students ready for the state essay writing test! 1. Structure Task Cards These ta…