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Students laugh, collaborate, think critically, and—without even realizing it—practice skills you’ve been trying to reinforce all year. 😄💡

Level Up Learning: How to Use Premade Board Games & Electronic Games in Your ELA Classroom 🎲🎮📚 Now, I wasn’t too much a teacher who uses games in his classroom, until I realize they made me excited to engage in the lesson too. Using games in the classroom isn’t “fluff”—it’s strategic, …

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in-depth, meticulously planned and executed, creatively fun and engaging lesson, students were chomping at the bit to learn more about or from our stimulating class lesson.

READER RESPONSES So we want to get our students thinking critically and intelligently. Heck! We want them to think! It would be amazing if after our insightful, in-depth, meticulously planned and executed, creative…

Bringing Art Into the ELA Classroom: Why Teaching Art Analysis Boosts Literacy

ELA teachers are no strangers to analysis. We guide students through metaphors, tone shifts, and author’s purpose on a regular basis. But have you ever considered applying those same skills to visual texts? Incorporating art analysis into your English Language Arts classroom is a powerful way to deepen interpretation skills, engage diverse learners, and spark meaningful conversations—all while reinforcing standards....

Bringing Art Into the ELA Classroom: Why Teaching Art Analysis Boosts Literacy ELA teachers are no strangers to analysis. We guide students through metaphors, tone shifts, and author’s purpose on a regular basis. But have you ever considered applying those same skills to visu…

“Becoming Reading Detectives: Strategies for Teaching Inference in Middle School”

Teaching inference to middle school students is teaching them to be detectives - to see beyond the page. This involves helping them understand how to draw conclusions based on evidence and reasoning, rather than direct information. I usually tell my kids to tell me what I cannot see. That moves them beyond what's in front of them to may be...but I've jumped a head of myself....

“Becoming Reading Detectives: Strategies for Teaching Inference in Middle School” Teaching inference to middle school students is teaching them to be detectives – to see beyond the page. This involves helping them understand how to draw conclusions based on evidence and re…

Every January, no matter how strong my first semester was, I take a step back and reteach. And I’ve stopped feeling guilty about it.

🧠 Why I Always Reteach in January—And You Should Too How revisiting procedures, standards, and routines after break sets the tone for a successful second semester A teacher teaching in a classroom The students come back from winter break……and so do t…

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'Tis the season. When we return to school and grade are due, that's when "concerned" parents will come out of the woodwork. Let's be prepared." 😏

5 WAYS TO HANDLE TOUGH PARENT CONFERENCES Parents arguing with a teacher at Parent-Teacher Coreference As teachers, we all dread this inevitable scenario when we have to face-off with an irate or unreasonable parent. Sometimes the child is…

Last day of 2025 won't catch me slippin'. Had to get the last one in!
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