Establishing routines and procedures in your classroom is essential to think about as you are planning back to school. Middle schoolers thrive on structure and knowing what to expect each day. This post will outline some tips for creating and implementing a routine in your classroom. You can use ...
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Why Building Student Relationships is Important for Success in School
One of the first things to consider when you become a new educator is establishing connections with your students. This will help create a positive and productive learning environment in your classroom. When students feel comfortable around their teachers, they are more likely to be open to learning ...
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Ways to Restock your Classroom Library
Summertime is a great time to restock and refresh your classroom library. I want my classroom library to always be up to date with what students want to read. At the end of each year, I go through my library and pull books students are no longer reading. I haven’t actually done this since June ...
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Strategies for Better Reading Conferences
I’ll admit that when I first started implementing Reader’s Workshop conferring was the most difficult aspect to grasp - not because I don't like talking to my students but because it sounds like something more official, more structured than what it turned out to be.
I thought I had to know ...
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Show off your love of reading – Building a Culture of Reading in Class
If someone were to walk into your classroom, would they know how much you value reading? Have you created a culture of reading within the four walls of your classroom?
Even before someone walks into my classroom, they get a sense that this classroom values reading. I've posted reading ...
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Get to Know your Students as Readers
We often assume that because we teach secondary ELA that students come to us with a rich history of reading. After all, don’t they require reading in elementary school?
I know this is what I believed when I started teaching all those many years ago! What I discovered, however, was ...
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