Articles / Listening / Speaking Skills
by MiddleWeb · Published 05/31/2020 · Last modified 02/03/2024
The experience of students and teachers doing whole class and small group work online underscores the need to emphasize speaking and listening skills now and for the future, writes principal Matt Renwick. He shares his school’s low-key, standards-friendly teaching ideas.
The future may be uncertain but the mental health of our students shouldnโt be. Teacher, author and mentor Cathleen Beachboard describes how โ through a focus on communication, consistency and control โ educators can begin to help young people regain their sense of safety.
As Mary Tarashuk leads her fourth graders into full-time virtual learning, insights gleaned from the writings of Diane Ravitch and Rosita Boland are helping her see how the pandemicโs sudden jarring changes could lead to a rebirth of public education in the years ahead.
Using reading comprehension strategies in the content area helps students build background knowledge and academic skills. Tara Dale and Mandi White, authors of The Science Teacherโs Toolbox, share four techniques they use to help middle schoolers grasp informational text.
Education law expert Robert Kimโs focused discussion of ten Supreme Court cases is written in practical and accessible language and can be a valuable resource to any educator who wants to help students understand justice and equity, writes pre-service teacher Morgan DeVico.
Parents & Inclusion / Two Teachers in the Room
by Elizabeth Stein · Published 05/13/2020 · Last modified 05/15/2023
Our classrooms have been replaced for now by remote learning platforms, and the connection between students, parents, and teachers has taken on a whole new life. Elizabeth Stein considers how we can make the most of expanding our co-teaching relationships with parents.
It's Not Easy Being Tween / Pandemic Teaching
by Cheryl Mizerny · Published 05/11/2020 · Last modified 08/12/2022
Amid global fear and incredible teaching and learning challenges generated by the pandemic, Cheryl Mizerny has decided to take Mr. Rogersโ advice and look for the helpers. Hereโs her list of six ‘silver linings’ she’s discovered as her school supports “virtual” students.
Create Compose Connect / infographics
by Jeremy Hyler · Published 05/06/2020 · Last modified 05/26/2020
Jeremy Hyler likes the power of infographics to engage students and differentiate instruction in science and ELA classes. Drawing on his recent book Ask, Explore, Write! An Inquiry-Driven Approach to Science and Literacy Learning, Hyler shares some remote teaching ideas.
Words are a low-risk point from which to launch Students with Interrupted Formal Education on their schooling journey. One of the best ways to teach words is with the Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM), a multi-step process to teach vocabulary. Tan Huynh shows how.
Dr. Lindsay Portnoyโs sound research, detailed checklists, and illustrative classroom stories in โDesigned to Learnโ will inspire you to fine-tune or jump-start your design thinking approach to instruction, writes teacher, author and curriculum leader Sarah Cooper.
