So it’s a bit more than a month into the school year and too many of our middle schoolers (admittedly mostly 7th and 8th graders, not as many 6th graders) have already been saying: –this is too hard –why do we have to learn this –I can’t read/write […]
Both my students and I look forward to pamphlet projects. I love that they can get creative and they love not writing essays. First and foremost, students have to be concise in pamphlets. They only have so much space in which to present their information, and depending on […]
Pinterest came through yet again for me with a successful review technique! I saw a pin about 5 ways to make vocabulary more fun for students. It was a blog post by Kirsten Tulsian and you can read it HERE. “Guess My Word” was my favorite method she […]
Sometimes when a student asks a question you groan inside because it’s so off topic (even if it’s a good question) because you just don’t have time to go into it at that moment. Sometimes a question is related to the material but you just have so much […]
On Tuesday my kids worked with maps for the first time with me. Map work is an integral part of this particular curriculum. In fact, the parents want the kids to be able to create a detailed map of the world from scratch by the end of the year (every country, […]
I’m a week into my job teaching with the home school co-op and I discovered (not really to my surprise) that I have a LOT to learn about working with middle school kids (especially since my classes are a combination of 5th-8th grade). I knew that it would be a […]
It’s incredible how much you learn in just a few weeks of being in the classroom. Not to knock my certification program, but there are just some things you can’t learn from a book, and there are some things that my professors couldn’t discuss due to time restrictions. […]
Last week I wrote about how I sometimes play hangman and 2 truths and 1 lie to get my students engaged in the day’s lesson (click HERE to read that post). Today I have two other methods to share with you (both are Pinterest inspired). 1) I write the answer to […]
One of the thousands of amazing things about TpT is the ability for teachers to create classroom resources for other teachers, including whole units, at discounted prices–what teacher doesn’t want to save money?! After being inspired by a fellow TpT-er, I figured out how to give you all the […]
Exit tickets, or exit slips, are really big in classrooms right now. They give a teacher a quick snapshot of what a student did or did not understand so the teacher knows if the next day should start with a review/clarification or can move on to the next […]
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