Ela teacher

Are you a first-time middle school ELA teacher? If so, here are 6 pieces of advice you don’t want to forget as you run your classroom! #MiddleSchoolELA

As a teacher, I am always on the hunt for the perfect tools at the cheapest prices for my ELA classroom. Taking care of our students and keeping our learning

First year language arts teacher - everything you need to know - the ultimate guide for new high school and middle school teachers.

First-year teacher advice: How to prepare for your first year of teaching, how to decorate your classroom, what to do on the first day of school, and more!

I think my brain must work better in panic mode because many of my more creative ELA ideas come to me about 5 minutes before class begins when I have absolutely no plan for the day. I can normally throw something together pretty quickly, but I’ve learned that if I have my panic mode English

This resource includes everything you need to teach your students how to choose punctuation for effect. Everything you need is here! These materials will allow you to explicitly teach, reinforce, and assess the use of parentheses, commas, dashes, colons, semicolons, and ellipses. Now Included: Google Forms for the Practice Printable, Task Cards, and Assessment! What’s Included: •PowerPoint Lesson (Monday) •Practice Printable - Digital Version Included (Tuesday) •30 Task Cards - Digital…

Teach the middle school reading, vocabulary, and writing ELA standards with novels and student discussion using the socratic seminar

Whether your students are lethargic or super-charged, adding movement to your lesson plans will help to solve both issues. Not only is it healthy to move throughout the day, but it can also help students focus and become more engaged with the content they are trying to master. Due to the nature of English classes, ELA

Teachers often have questions about what a literacy block should actually look like. How do you structure your time? When do you pull reading groups? How and when do you teach grammar? The list of questions is lengthy, and with good reason. No one really ever told us what to do! Probably because there is […]

Have you been wanting to try stations in your Secondary ELA classroom but aren't sure where to start? Read through this quick post where we share 8 station ideas and how to use them with your ELA students.