6-8 Middle School
Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in grades 6-8.
7 Ways to Balance Joy With Rigor in Math Class
A few straightforward shifts and strategies can help create math classrooms where even the most reticent learners find their footing.Getting the Most Out of the Reader’s Notebook
In high school, reading instruction sometimes gets short shrift. Interactive notebooks can increase students’ intrinsic motivation to read.Your content has been saved!
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Students ‘don’t need an answer, they need help with the process,’ and combining ChatGPT with Wolfram Alpha is one way to guide them through it.Your content has been saved!
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A collection of evidence-backed tips to help students cross the bridge from confusion to clarity.Your content has been saved!
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Teacher-tested, motivating activities that get students out of their own performance loop and make learning visible—even when they struggle to see the forest for the trees.Away With Formality: Breaking Grammar Rules in Order to Teach Them
Traditional teaching practices often make grammar challenging and inaccessible for students, but stepping outside of the norm can make things more interesting.131Your content has been saved!
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Teachers can experiment with a variety of strategies to build and assess students’ ability to converse in the target language.To Motivate Teens, Ask Them “Who’s Your Future Self?”
Middle and high school classrooms that neglect questions of higher purpose work against the innate desires of teens, research shows.54 Excellent, Low-Stakes Writing Prompts
Across grade levels, engaging and creative writing prompts encourage kids to explore their opinions, reflect on experiences, and build strong arguments.Is it Time to Drop ‘Finding the Main Idea’ and Teach Reading in a New Way?
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.’58.4kYour content has been saved!
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These three schools have recently implemented policies banning cell phones in some or all areas of the school—but each has taken a very different approach.In Praise of the Humble Document Camera
Revisiting a simple edtech tool can help you introduce rigor and engage students more deeply in their lessons.8 Strategies to Improve Participation in Your Virtual Classroom
Educators share their best synchronous and asynchronous strategies to boost student participation during online learning.50.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Strategies That Help Multilingual Students Learn Content and English at the Same Time
Teachers can use these strategies to help keep students who are still learning English on track with their peers.The Case Against Zeros in Grading
Teachers can rethink their grading practices to make them more mathematically fair for students and allow for redemption for a missed assignment.33.9kYour content has been saved!
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