✨ Stop doing all the work if you want students to take responsibility.
I used to feel like I was carrying the entire load of classroom behavior on my shoulders—constantly reminding, reteaching, and redirecting. The more I managed, the less my students did.
That’s when I realized: if I wanted...
👻 How do I get middle schoolers to actually write a descriptive narrative… and like it?
That’s the question I was asking myself one October. My students loved scary stories, but when it came time to write them, they froze. Their stories were either two sentences long or a jumble...
✨ Teaching middle school ELA shouldn’t feel like trying to fit square pegs into round holes.
With over 30 years in the classroom, I’ve learned that every student can grow when given the right tools and just-right scaffolds. 💡
That’s why I create engaging, standard aligned resources that are :...