Reading and Writing Resources For Middle School

Being out of my own classroom this year has definitely been a weird adjustment and something that I crave and hope changes as part of my job as literacy coach for next year. To combat this, I decided to embrace my office space where I hold my guided reading groups throughout the day. I decided to make anchor charts for thinking within, beyond, and about the text, as well as a chart displaying different writing about reading options for early finishers of guided reading. Here are picture of…

Why should you use fun writing prompts for middle school? Learning how to write in middle school is essential for helping kids learn and perfect their

Middle school reading strategies can be fun and interactive! Get the inside scoop on how I use station reading activities to engage all learners!

Analyzing writing curriculums, planning writing workshop and teaching writing lessons can be overwhelming. You might think, how am I going to fit everything in and produce successful writers? Where do I start? What skills do they need? This post will share the 7 BASIC WRITING LESSONS that every teacher should teach! With this basic knowledge, students will be able to perform other writing assignments more effectively. The following skills are not only effective in upper elementary, they are…

Use Mentor Sentences in your ELA middle school classroom to improve student writing! Find practical ideas to teach writing skills.

Teaching research skills to middle school students is a gigantic task! Here are 10 Ideas to Make Teaching Research Easier!

Teaching struggling readers at the high school level? Scaffold their comprehension by focusing on these four important reading strategies.

hold students accountable while they independently read with these easy to implement reading tips and tricks and strategies

When attention spans are short, these do the trick!