Improve content-area vocabulary development in your middle school classroom by using word walls. This blog post gives three tips for making your word wall more interactive. … More Content area reading skills: The power of word walls + 3 ways to make your word walls interactive!
Support your students in growing as learners by using claim, evidence, and reasoning with nonfiction texts! … More Wake your students up to deeper learning with Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning writing
Using nonfiction text features to preview a text is like following a trail of breadcrumbs into the forest. The author provides clues as to the main ideas in the text by adding images, captions, diagrams, and subtitles. Use your knowledge of nonfiction text features to model your thinking as you read a nonfiction text. … More Following Bread Crumbs: You can teach nonfiction text features to boost reading comprehension in the middle school classroom
Use fiction as a hook for improving nonfiction reading skills in your middle school classroom. … More Find your storybook ending: Using fiction text as a hook for building better nonfiction reading skills in the middle school classroom
Find inspiration for creating cross-curricular lessons in your own life. Read on for my top three tips for sourcing ideas for the cross-curricular classroom. … More Finding your Teacher Crosswalk: Sourcing inspiration for cross-curricular lesson plans in your own life
Starting your year with collaborative activities can help to decrease classroom behavior issues all year long. … More The importance of back to school collaboration activities in creating an effective classroom learning environment
What can teachers do over the summer that can help them be their best, both at work and at home, during the new school year? … More Teacher Tips: What Can You Do This Summer to Spring Into an Efficient School Year?
This blog post includes a review of the book The 5-Minute Teacher and provides an overview of how I plan to manage time more effectively in my classroom. … More Using Quality Feedback from Teacher Evaluations to Become a More Effective Teacher: A Brief Review of the Book The 5-Minute Teacher
Learn five teacher tips for staying balanced over summer break. … More New Teacher Toolbox: 5 Tips for Finding the Balance over Summer Break
Crosswalk Curriculum 