Now that the first month is under our belts, we will soon have an Open House. At my school, we have 15-minute periods so parents can travel their child's schedule and learn about the most important things to know for each class. I don't know about you, but repeating the same thing with a…
As we all know, school districts are consumed with standardized test statistics. They use these statistics to charge teachers with ensuring that all students reach the achievement level set forth by the state. It's a completely reasonable goal to want your students to reach a level of achiev…
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…
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 …