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Anticipation Stations: An All-In-One Activity to Kickstart Your Next Reading Unit

Patricia here! Before we start discussing a great pre-reading tool that you can use to engage and prepare your young readers, I’d like to make

Batch Planning EB Lesson Planning Approach

3 Engaging Ways to Start Any Literature Unit

Hopefully, you caught last week’s blog post where we laid the basic foundations of our EB Lesson Planning Approach (and touched upon the life-changing concept

The Outsiders Activities – 3 Engaging Ideas

I was first introduced to The Outsiders in 6th grade by my teacher Mrs. McGary, and while we read most of the book by listening

The Westing Game Lesson Plans

Jessica here with you today to talk all about my The Westing Game Lesson Plans! Each year when I ask my students what the best assignment or

One-Pager Assignment: How to Effectively Use It

The one-pager assignment has been around the teacher blogosphere for a while now. It seems like everyone uses them all the time! And I won’t

Four Things ‘The Bachelor’ Can Teach You About Creating Engaging Lessons

On Monday nights I am often up way past my bedtime, and it’s not because I’m working … It’s because I am secretly a huge

Romeo and Juliet Bulletin Board – Easy and Interactive

This is a quick and easy post that walks you closely through how I set up my Romeo and Juliet Bulletin Board for our reading

Romeo and Juliet Classroom Transformation

Classroom transformations are everywhere in education right now, and rightfully so. They are incredibly fun and get students super engaged right from the moment they

How to Create A Killer Short Story Unit for Your Middle Schoolers: Part 4

We’ve made it! We’re at the end of our 4-part series where we’re walking you through 4 easy steps to creating an awesome short story

How to Create an Awesome Short Story Unit for Your Middle School Students Part 3

We’re into part 3 now of how to create a short story unit for your middle school students – and an awesome unit at that!

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