Middle school ela

Try this free, fun, and interactive middle school ELA games in your classroom to teach grammar and literacy ELA skills!

Get an outline for teaching all the reading and writing standards in your Middle School ELA class.

Teachers, set up a reading workshop with your middle school students. Read how: Independent Reading - Simple Tricks for a Successful Reading Workshop

Ok, I get these Q’s frequently from teachers who reach out to me regarding setting up and running stations or centers (same thing, basically) in their middle school English / Language Arts / Reading / Writing classes: How do I make stations work so I can . . . >> teach my students while also

Use mentor sentences to improve student writing! Read about how to find and teach with mentor sentences in your ELA classroom. Perfect for middle school. TeachingELAwithJoy.com #mentorsentences #middleschoolela

Short stories for middle school - a list of the best short stories for your middle school classroom with tips and teaching ideas.

I began elementary school in the era of phonics. Looking back, I can honestly say that it seemed to work okay. Matching pictures with their word families in plaid workbooks... I learned to read, but

So… you’re a first-time middle school ELA teacher. Welcome to the madness, I guess! I’m kidding, but in all honesty, middle school isn’t quite like high school or elementary school. Middle school is its own unique level that you need to be prepared for as you get ready to run your classroom. But before we

When I think about student writing, one of the most difficult concepts to teach is sentence fluency. Much of excelling at fluent writing revolves around students’ background with literacy. Certainly,...

Here are four steps to teach your middle school students how to find the central idea of informational text. It's a step by step method you can follow to determine the central idea.