WANTED: Informational Text Experts! An Outlaw’s Guide to Mastering Key Ideas and Details
If you’re looking for engaging way to improve your students’ ability to comprehend informational texts, check out my mini-unit on the…
6 Steps to Help Student’s Master Author’s Purpose and Point of View
Teaching students how to determine the author’s purpose or point of view was always something that I realized was important…
5 Useful Tips For Teaching Students How to Find the Central Idea
Teachers, myself included, are always looking for better ways to support students in one of the most important tasks when…
4 Steps for Tackling Nonfiction Text Features
My students always grasp a concept better when I pair it with a hands-on activity. With that in mind, I…
How Word Analogies Can Strengthen Students’ Vocabularies
Teaching vocabulary can be a tricky task for ELA teachers. If you often feel like there’s not enough time or…
The Dos and Don’ts of Managing State Testing in the Middle School Classroom
As the snow starts melting and the sounds of birds once again return, teachers are reminded of one thing: state…