6-8 Middle School

An instructional coach and math teacher who developed a powerful model for student collaboration have tweaked it for the pandemic.

Using the popular game in station rotation activities during distance learning is a way to bring an element of play and collaboration to writing assignments.

In planning project-based learning units, teachers can maximize students’ time together by focusing on collaboration and feedback.

Educators share their best synchronous and asynchronous strategies to boost student participation during online learning.

Some schools are changing the way they teach reading—based on research that shows background knowledge is more critical to comprehension than general skills like ‘finding the main idea.’

Giving students the option to turn their cameras off may make them more comfortable and open up new possibilities for teaching.

By establishing routines that address the challenges of online learning, teachers can help students in grades 3 to 8 feel a sense of belonging.

Whether our emotions get the best of us, or we fall into familiar but unproductive habits, here are 7 common classroom management mistakes, and what the research suggests you should do instead.

Teachers can build strong relationships with and between students to help them get through this very challenging time.

Implementing this method makes dividing a teacher’s time between students in class and those working at home much easier.

Framing assignments in student-centric rather than teacher-centric ways can encourage engagement and persistence in learning.

Bridging the transition between elementary and middle school is always important—but this year’s strategies will require some rethinking.

In distance learning, teachers can adapt many of the strategies they would use in the classroom to promote reading skills.

The way a lesson is laid out online can make all the difference in whether a student can follow along and execute it successfully.