A three-step process for teaching your students how to identify, define, and apply academic vocabulary found in complex texts.

Use station activities to improve reading comprehension! Get your students

Need some ideas? Inspiration? These are all tried-and-true activities I’ve done in my libraries over my career. I’ve worked at all grade levels, both in Texas and in China, so […]

After part one of guided reading and small groups in middle school ELA, this post outlines what the other students are doing during this time

If you are like me, you have gone down the rabbit hole of searching for resources, ideas, and strategies to bring the science of reading and structured literacy into the classroom. Your eyes are glazed over and you have some great ideas... but just don't know where (or how) to start. Here are some simple tips that can help you get going on your science of reading journey in your classroom of older students. Tip #5 is my favourite!

If you had asked me ten years ago if I would ever use literacy centers in middle school ELA, I would have replied, “I teach middle school, not kindergarten.” Today, however, literacy centers in middle school ELA are all the craze, so I wanted to figure out if there was a way I could use […]

Want to differentate reading centers but not sure how? I've got 5 reading centers that you can use now to help engage & differentiate for your students!

Need more engagement from your middle school students? Try adding in one of these 3 ways to incorporate student choice into your classroom!