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Tag Archives: middle school
Digital Portfolio Resources – Technology & Writing: New Approaches to Literacy Competency
Below you will find many resources for using digital portfolios in the classroom. Comment with any questions! Digital Portfolio Websites http://www.michiganportfolios.org/ http://electronicportfolios.com Book Resources on Portfolios The Digital Writing Workshop by Troy Hicks Because Digital Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in … Continue reading
Steady is the Pace
Recently I received an evaluation. I want to say how thankful I am for an administrator who offers constructive feedback. I often wonder how many teachers would take that constructive criticism personally or take it to heart and actually reflect on … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Education, Middle School Teaching, Reading, teaching, Writing
Tagged 7th grade reading, 7th grade teaching, CCSS, CCSS and Rigor, Common Core Standards, Common Core State Standards, instructional time, middle school, middle school students, middle school teachers, pacing in middle school English, reflection, teacher reflection
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Transitioning from Narrative to Informational
Pushing forward this time of year seems to be a slow process and transitioning from narrative to informational reading and writing can be a rather challenging task with 7th and 8th graders. Previously my students just completed a 12 week … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Middle School Teaching, Reading, teaching, Writing
Tagged CCSS, Common Core Standards, Facebook, informational, Jeff Anderson, Kelly Gallagher, MCTE, middle school, middle school reading and writing, middle school students, middle school teachers, narrative, NCTE, reading, readwritethink, T-charts, Teaching Units, Units, writing
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Getting a Grasp on Good Readers and Writers
It has been busy the last few school days of school. I feel as if I am wasting time at certain moments, but I know what I am doing only paves the way for the rest of the year. As … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Learning, Education, Middle School Teaching, teaching, Technology, technology in the classroom, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged character perspective, digital portfolios, Gmail in the classroom, middle school, Middle School Reading, middle school teaching, middle school writing, Ron Jones, The Acorn People, Understanding middle school readers and writers
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Mobile Devices: A Teachers Responsibility
Getting closer to the school year is dangerous for me. I tend to have thought after thought going through my head and I get all of these ideas to do things in the classroom and I never make the conscious … Continue reading
Posted in BYOD, cell phones in the Classroom, Common Core State Standards, Connected Learning, Digital Citizenship, Education, Middle School Teaching, Reading, teaching, Technology, technology in the classroom, Writing
Tagged 21st Century learners, BYOD, cell phones, cell phones in the classroom, Common Core Standards, Connected Learning, Curriculum, digital citizenship, digital tools, English, middle level education, middle school, middle school students, middle school teachers, middle school writing, Technology, technology in the classroom, writing, writing with cell phones
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I got My Middle Schoolers to Like Reading and Lived to Tell About it!
It’s almost May, we are all wrapping up the end of the school year and for some of us, we are already dreaming about the summer days on the beach with a margarita in hand. For this teacher, I am … Continue reading
Reading and the Common Core
For the past two weeks I have been really diving into the Common Core Standards. As I have mentioned before my school adopted the Common Core starting this year. I have to say I am greatful for this because it … Continue reading
Book Project for Christmas Break
Friday was the kick off for my students to begin their Christmas vacation book project. This is the first year I have had any of my students do the project while on a break. To begin, my students have to … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, boy's literacy, boys, Common Core, middle school, reading, standards, teaching
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