6-8 Middle School
Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in grades 6-8.
A New Way to Think About Resilience
By starting with the idea that students already are resilient, teachers can nurture their ability to stick with things and not give up.108Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Adding an Emotional Dimension to Literary Analysis
Aligning SEL prompts with different levels of Bloom’s taxonomy gives students the opportunity to ask deeper questions about literature.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.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!
Go to My Saved Content.6 Foundational Ways to Scaffold Student Learning
A collection of evidence-backed tips to help students cross the bridge from confusion to clarity.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.3 Ways to Help Students Overcome the Forgetting Curve
Our brains are wired to forget things unless we take active steps to remember. Here’s how you can help students hold on to what they learn.Using Python Coding to Boost Students’ Interest in Algebra
Using basic coding to check work in math class is fun and introduces students to valuable coding basics.118Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.23 Ways to Quiet a Chaotic Middle School Class
Teacher-tested attention-getting routines to help you quickly restore calm and focus to noisy middle school classrooms.7 Nature Experiments to Spark Student Curiosity
Encourage your students to ask questions about and explore the world around them with these hands-on lessons.15 Formative Assessment Hacks to Boost Students’ Learning
Common formative assessment techniques can work a little better with these simple tweaks.Celebrating the Creative Process, Not Just the Final Product, With Journey Boards
Teachers can help students build confidence in their work and community with their peers through journey boards.Why Students Don’t Ask for Help—and How to Change That
These three simple shifts can help students realize that asking for help is an expectation in your class and boost their self-efficacy.3 Ways to Help Students Build Attention Stamina
These simple tools and strategies can improve focus in the classroom.Getting Rid of Zeros Won’t Fix the Grade Book
Well-meaning efforts to assess learning accurately have led some schools to set 50 as the lowest grade, but that can have negative consequences. Here’s a better solution.What the Snowshoe Hare Teaches Us About Integrated Science Units
A middle school science teacher redesigned her life science curriculum as interconnected units anchored in real-world phenomena.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.
