Literary arguments are a staple in assessing a student’s knowledge of a piece of text as well as their ability to support their inferences with evidence pulled from the text. Check out our Free resource from our TpT store to help guide your students in writing the very best literary arguments.
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We love teaching our students various note taking strategies throughout the year. We even have some awesome graphic organizers that we sell on all the different types of note taking that we teach.
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Another way to foster a collaborative classroom is to have your lessons be rooted in meaning. People are simply motivated to persist and achieve when they find value and meaning in what they do. One way to ensure meaning in your lessons is to give students a few choices.
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All in all, leverage students’ strengths by creating meaningful group work activities to teach both academic and SEL skills necessary for the future job market, whatever that may look like in the next decade.
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Always on the lookout for books to add to my classroom library shelves, I think this year especially has been a banner year for great books that I am sure will appeal to my students. Rising to the top for me, these are My Top 10 Middle School Books for 2022
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Another step in fostering a classroom that is collaborative is to directly teach students how to be dependable.
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Easier said then done, right? One of the best things that a teacher can do for a student is to help him/her on the path of becoming a life long reader. Here are some tips and tricks that we have incorporated into our classrooms:
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Let’s Talk Classroom Libraries. We have all seen the beautiful Instagram or Pinterest worthy looking classroom libraries. You know the ones - they are color coded perfection. You may have even drooled over the pretty plastic book bins that each book is housed in. Those libraries look amazing! But, in our experience, those libraries just do not work for our students. Our libraries are lived in, the shelves are close to bursting with books, and we have a lot of books. I mean a lot-a lot!
Read on for a list of our lowdown dirty truths about classroom libraries.
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Here are some new books that we are excited about that are coming out in October!
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It is important for teachers to understand learning and the brain. So here are the six phases of learning information and how they pertain to the brain and converting information into learning.
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Working collaboratively and socially is a life skill that all students should be working on in school to prepare them for the demands of the future work forces… whatever that looks like. According to NACE, teamwork is one of the top traits that employers are looking for when hiring someone.
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