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Teaching Middle School ELA in October: Five Content Topics to Enrich Your Classroom! (Part 2)

In my blog post, Teaching Middle School ELA in October: Five Content Topics to Enrich Your Classroom  (Part 1), I identified FIVE super engaging content topics that you could explore with your students in the month of October: 1. The remainder of Hispanic Heritage Month (begins mid Septem…

Teaching Middle School ELA in October: Five Content Topics to Enrich Your Classroom! (Part 1)

The weather starts cooling outside, but you're in the heat of the school year by October. The newness of the beginning of school has faded away. The first grading period report cards may be finalizing soon. You're officially teacher-tired, the kids are testing your classroom manag…

Close Reading with Ease, Episode #1: "The Widow and Her Farm"

No matter what content area you teach, READING IS KING. Even my beloved math teachers out there need their kiddos to be able to read word problems. Like everything in life, reading improves with PRACTICE-- Practice makes improvement (not perfect-- ugh, I hate that haha). As an English/lan…

Teacher Summer

It's summer.  The part of the year when "teachers have off work". Let's cut that bullshit right now-- if you're reading this blog, you know that is the #1 farse about the teaching profession. Even if you did give yourself a break, (BTW, you better give yourself a f…