
Spreading Holiday Kindness in Your Middle School Classroom
Tis the season to spread some holiday cheer through acts of kindness. We’ve come up with two mini kindness activities to use in the days
Tis the season to spread some holiday cheer through acts of kindness. We’ve come up with two mini kindness activities to use in the days
What better way to get into the holiday spirit in your ELA classroom than to do a Gingerbread House for Sale Descriptive Writing Activity! (Side Note:
We’re already getting into the Christmas spirit around here. In fact, there are Christmas carols playing as we write this! And we’re excited to tell you
Fall is officially here … candy corn is on the shelves, pumpkin spice lattes are a morning staple, and in school, we’re settled into our
This year, we both made the shift from teaching mostly novel units, to incorporating mini units of short stories and poetry in between each novel,
Hello, Spring! And hello to one of the looonnnggesst months in the classroom. Why is it that March seems to drag so much (it’s almost
We know Valentine’s Day can be pretty crazy in the classroom when you factor in the pre-teen/teenager hormones. So, we like to make sure we
Valentine’s Day has got to be one of the craziest days in the middle school classroom. It’s right up there with the day before Christmas
We can’t stop singing, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…” in our heads right now! Which means it’s also time for our Christmas
Last year, we had so much fun checking off the items on our Christmas Bucket List for the Classroom that we decided to create one
Then, pick the date you’re going to teach it in your classroom, and sit back while you watch as your students show up to your classroom pumped about what the day holds…and gush about your class to their parents on the car ride home!