6-8 Middle School
Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in grades 6-8.
Using Hexagons to Build Critical Thinking Skills
This simple, flexible activity gets students collaborating to make connections between key themes—in any unit you are teaching.
Helping Students Cope With a Difficult Year
These tips on supporting emotion regulation and building strong relationships will help students next year and beyond.
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.15.5k
A Question Teachers Should Ask as Often as Possible
Push students past simple recall into deeper thought and engagement by adding this short follow-up question to your repertoire.2.1k
5 Metacognitive Questions For Students Learning New Material
New materials can leave kids in the fog. Here are five metacognitive questions they can use to find their way and become more independent learners.1.1k
Let’s Start This Year by Focusing on Learning Gains
There’s a lot of talk about learning loss, but teachers can guide students to reflect on all the ways they’ve grown during the pandemic.2.2k
Exploring Perceptions About Identity Through Self-Portraits
When students learn about each other’s identities, it helps them understand their own biases and prejudices, as well as build a space of respect and tolerance for all.2.2k
Teaching Kids to Give and Receive Quality Peer Feedback
Building a classroom culture of feedback requires scaffolding and a safe, nurturing environment, but it’s worth the effort, teachers say.2.4k
Using Drawings for Formative Assessment
Asking middle and high school students to sketch something they’re learning can give teachers a clear sense of what they do and don’t understand.1.6k
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.’38.3k
8 Strategies to Improve Participation in Your Virtual Classroom
Educators share their best synchronous and asynchronous strategies to boost student participation during online learning.44.4k
Using Technology to Support 10 Executive Functioning Skills
Teachers can use a variety of digital resources to foster the skills students need for long-term success.598
What to Say Instead of ‘I’m Proud of You’
A few phrases middle and high school teachers can use to cultivate conversation while celebrating student achievements.10.7k
Cultivating the Classroom as a Safe Space
Middle and high school teachers can create an environment that supports inclusion and gives students space to make mistakes as they learn.111
How Student-Led Conferences Center the Learning Journey
When students lead the conversation in their parent-teacher conferences, they take ownership of their learning and growth.2.8k