Use ‘Say Something’ to Boost Reader Response
During this reading activity, partners think out loud, supported by active listening, to deepen their individual and shared understandings. Rather than reading without focus, this strategy teaches...
View Article7 Principles of a Heart-Centered Classroom
Educator and author Regie Routman considers heart-centered principles that can help us go a long way to ensure that what we do and are asking our students and loved ones to do will result in personal...
View ArticleTeach Students to Read (and Write with) Video
Watching a movie in class doesn't have to be passive, says Jason DeHart. Teachers can engage students in a critical process of "reading" film and also responding as readers by creating video products....
View ArticleLink Grammar Instruction to Real-World Situations
Grammatical concepts don’t just exist in textbooks and on worksheets. They are part of life beyond the classroom. Sean Ruday shows how – by taking an inquiry-based approach to grammar instruction – we...
View ArticleTeaching Perspective with “Lord of the Flies”
Lord of the Flies by William Golding remains a riveting, relevant book for middle school because of its themes of survival, power, and leadership. Laurie Hornik’s PBL unit also teaches students to...
View ArticleDifferentiate with the Station Rotation Model
Rotation stations can help differentiate instruction as teachers prepare middle graders for an upcoming unit or topic or support re-teaching and enrichment after completing a unit of study. Dr. Laura...
View ArticleLiteracy Instruction Can Promote Social Justice
Shawna Coppola’s expertise and passion for social justice shine through in every chapter of Literacy for All, writes language teacher and coach Melinda Stewart, "offering a roadmap for creating...
View ArticleFamily’s Holocaust Story Too Graphic for District
Media literacy educator Frank Baker never imagined that his graphic novel – a true family saga of the Holocaust - "would be criticized and restricted in the middle schools of a district near where I...
View ArticleLanguage and Literacy for Multilingual Learners
Andrea Honigsfeld seamlessly integrates theory with real-world classroom scenarios in Growing Language and Literacy. Her emphasis on differentiated instruction benefits the book’s audience: teachers of...
View ArticleMedia Literacy Moments Throughout Your Day
Concerned by the News Literacy Project’s survey revealing teens' difficulties in separating fact and fiction, Megan Kelly is finding as many classroom minutes as possible to build her students’ media...
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