12 Ways to Build a Virtual Classroom Community
Inside: There’s no secret ingredient to building a virtual classroom community. Every teacher will find approaches that work best for his or her own personality and teaching style. Hopefully, these…
3 Digital Skills to Model in the Secondary Classroom
Inside this post: Whether you’re teaching in a virtual, blended, or brick and mortar setting, middle and high school students NEED digital citizenship lessons. In this post, find some of…
10 of the Best Literary Analysis Activities to Elevate Thinking
Inside this Post: Ready to elevate your literary analysis lessons? This post is full of engaging and effective activities to help students master literary analysis topics. Literary analysis has become…
How to Structure a Powerful, Meaningful Vocabulary Program
Inside: A fresh, powerful way to structure a meaningful vocabulary program for middle and high school students. Vocabulary instruction should be more than an afterthought! Read about making it an…
The Big Classroom Supply List for Teachers
Trying to fill out that silly classroom supply list request form? Teachers in many schools are asked to complete one every year, but – for many reasons – these forms…
Daily and Weekly ELA Plans
Looking for a daily ELA plan? Perhaps a weekly ELA plan? In this post, you’ll find some ideas for both. I hope they provide a starting point or spark your…
Easy Ways to Organize a Virtual Classroom
Have you ever had so many tabs open at once that you can’t even tell which tab is which? Yeah, me neither (cough). No one wants their brain to feel…
How to Select the Best Novels for Your ELA Curriculum
It’s frustrating when we have what feels like hundreds of standards to teach and little time to do it in. How do you fit it all in? Everyone wants to…
7 Ways to Make Learning Relevant with Photography
The new distance learning format has sparked a shift in how educators are connecting with students. Now, more than ever, we need ways to connect with students, build community, and…
9 Important Student Reflection Questions for the End of the Year
It’s the end of the school year, and you’re tired. Not to worry! This post will save you time. Use these student reflection questions to spark critical thinking about learning…
How to Avoid Teacher Burnout with Distance Learning
If you’re not personally experiencing it, surely you can sense it. Teachers are stretched thin. Distance learning has brought a whole different level of questions and kind of stress. This…
Digital One Pagers: How to Harness the Power of Technology
Are you looking for meaningful, standards-aligned strategies to have students respond to reading with distance learning? Digital one pagers can be an engaging way to simplify literary and informational text…
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