Middle school lesson plans

Get an outline for teaching all the reading and writing standards in your Middle School ELA class.

Keep all of your lesson plans for the whole school year in one streamlined easy-to-access place with a Google Sheets Lesson Plan Template!

This blog post explores innovative and engaging lesson plans for any novel unit... ranging from task cards to book instagram pages to a novel podcast project. Student choice is key here, and students can find something they would like to complete in order to convey their reading, comprehension, and

I read once that Albert Einstein remarked it is a miracle curiosity survives formal education. This observation has stuck with me: a pesky stone in my shoe. Somehow, amongst all the curricular demands, standardised testing, graduation requirements, examination preparation, and everything else which pulls at me, I desperately want to instill a sense of wonder, curiosity, and excitement in my students. I desire for them to love learning, to ask questions, to be curious about what they see…

Ideas for making halloween spooktacular in your middle school science classroom! You either love halloween or hate it when you teach middle school science. I’ve decided to embrace it over the years and I am going to share some of my easy to implement, classroom-tested, middle school halloween lesson ideas, activities and costumes! There are […]

Looking for some engaging, high-quality history lessons? Then check out my favorite free US history lessons for middle school!

Simplify your lesson planning for the week with a free Google Docs lesson plans template for secondary teachers. See how I use mine.

This single classroom procedure has made a HUGE difference in my experience teaching middle school. My first year teaching I didn't do this and I knew that something needed to change. I decided to put into a place a daily bellringer for every one of my classes. I am a Family Consumer Sciences teacher so I teacher 4 different classes!You can call it whatever you want to call it but I call it a bell ringer because my students are expected to be doing it as soon as the bell rings to start…

Use these Six Minutes podcast lessons and follow up activities to plan engaging and fun lesson plans for your middle school ELA students.

Find lesson plan examples for pre-K, elementary, and middle and high school, in a range of subjects and styles. Something for every teacher!