Teaching ela

Use Mentor Sentences in your ELA middle school classroom to improve student writing! Find practical ideas to teach writing skills.

I began elementary school in the era of phonics. Looking back, I can honestly say that it seemed to work okay. Matching pictures with their word families in plaid workbooks... I learned to read, but

By The Daring English Teacher When it comes to teaching writing in the middle school ELA or high school English class, it can oftentimes feel like there is just so much content to teach. And in all honesty, that is entirely true. We simply do not have enough time to teach students every single thing they need to know in order to be the best writers they can be. However, we can focus on essential skills one at a time to build strong writers. When I first teach a type of writing to my…

Try this free, fun, and interactive middle school ELA games in your classroom to teach grammar and literacy ELA skills!

Teaching students the difference between literal and inferential thinking is one of my must-do lessons of every single school year

Teaching theme will be engaging for your students with videos! Find the 5 Best Videos for Teaching Theme in your ELA classroom.

When teaching middle school grammar, it is important to create engaging ela lessons, that will help your students master grammar standards. In this post, I share some of my favorite ELA resources and grammar websites that I use in my own middle school ela classroom. #distancelearning #elaresources #digitalresources #englishteacher #englishresources #englishactivities

As middle school ELA teachers, we all want to work to empower our young writers. They often come to us a little shaky, a little unsure. Teaching students--SHOWING THEM--that writing is a process can help middle school writers to build confidence and skill. Ultimately, our job as ELA teachers is not to teach students to scaffold and support students to write a singular essay. Our job is to give students the tools to become WRITERS beyond our classrooms. That means giving students the tools to…

Looking for new, free texts for teaching figurative language? This post has short stories and other short texts your students will love!

Peak into Room 213's lesson plans: her kids are learning about prewriting & are brainstorming with candy. They are also working on speaking & listening.