Teaching ela

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

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

My favorite school days are the ones that find us in a bit of a routine, when my middle school students are to the point where they are energized and enthusiastic while knowing procedures and classroom expectations. One project that has exemplified this glorious balance has been our reader's notebooks.

Get organized with a daily and weekly ELA plan so that you feel confident and prepared. Planning the structure of a class period varies by unit. Start here!

As a teacher, I am always on the hunt for the perfect tools at the cheapest prices for my ELA classroom. Taking care of our students and keeping our learning

Filler Activities for ELA (blog post) What can you do with five extra minutes in secondary ELA? Here are a few ideas to engage students until the bell.

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

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

Simplify writing instruction! Writing Tip for the Secondary ELA Teacher: When teaching writing in middle school and high school, break it down and simplify it. This writing strategy will help students become stronger writers by focusing on essential skills one at a time. Teaching Writing | Teaching Tip | Teaching Writing Tip | Middle School Writing | High School Writing | Writing Activities for Secondary ELA | Writing Instruction

Teaching students the difference between literal and inferential thinking is one of my must-do lessons of every single school year