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

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

How to Overcome the Three Mistakes Teachers Make When Teaching Writing

After 10+ years teaching writing, you can bet we’ve made plenty of mistakes! We want to share with you some of these, but we’re also

Writing Stations in Middle School

Using writing stations in your middle school classroom can be a game changer in may ways. One of the most effective ways we have found

Teaching Narrative Writing in Middle School

While we know that one of the best ways for students to become better writers, is to read more, we also know that explicit writing

How to Easily Incorporate Informational Text in Your ELA Classroom

How many of us get excited to teach informational text? Our guess is not many. But, it doesn’t have to be that way! We’ve found

Using Sentence Strips in Middle School to Teach Writing

Using sentence strips with your middle school students can be a pretty powerful way to get them thinking about writing in a different way. Normally,

Gingerbread House Holiday Writing Activity for Middle School

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:

Tips for Teaching Literary Analysis Writing in Elementary School

Teaching literary analysis in elementary school can be challenging, but it’s incredibly important. Because, as Middle School ELA teachers, we’re often asked, “What are the

ELA Games for the Middle School Classroom

We love playing games in our ELA classrooms! Frankly, it’s a great way to review concepts and keep students engaged. Recently, we created a grammar

Halloween Descriptive Writing Activity

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