Mentoring in the Middle: 6th grade
Have you ever encountered grumbling from students that sounds like, "Why do we have to learn about this?  We're never going to use ...
  Have I ever told you how much I hated reading logs?  When my kids were little and I was supposed to sign them every day (!) I would get an...
  I remember walking into the library with my kids when they were young.  My son was maybe 8 or 9 and he headed right to the nonfiction sect...
  November.  The point where kids know routines.  For the most part.  And the thrill of being in school has worn off.  For the most part.  S...
Have you ever done something with your students and halfway through, you wondered what in the world you were thinking?  Honest truth.  Geniu...
The teacher's request on Facebook was what to do for 8th graders who struggled to read any book for more than one class session.   That ...
It was the beginning of the year and I was evaluating my students for oral reading fluency.   Her reading was choppy and slow; she read as s...
One of the things I loved to do with my students was blen ded learning.  Certain subjects work so well together. Social Studies and Reading....
Do you spend some of your summer stressing about what and how you'll be teaching certain topics? I did this when I taught Social Studies...
  It's close to the end of the year, some of you are giving state tests, others are pushing to finish strong, and there's that naggi...
Could they do it?  Did they have it in them to work on this so close to the end of the year? The challenge:   Students take their favorite...
  Are you looking for a good book to keep your students reading?  This Young Readers Edition of Erica Armstrong Dunbar's book tells a li...
  The kids you see after Winter break are not the kids you left before the break, right?  That's especially true if you teach 6th grade!...
  Tip:  There are so many things to like about Dry by Neal Shusterman, and if heart-pounding action is what you're looking for, it's...