The Walking Classroom
Middle grades teacher Mary Tarashuk often yearned to spend more time outside, learning with her students. Now she’s discovered The Walking Classroom program. Problem solved!
Articles / Teaching the Whole Adolescent
by MiddleWeb · Published 11/13/2012 · Last modified 11/21/2019
Middle grades teacher Mary Tarashuk often yearned to spend more time outside, learning with her students. Now she’s discovered The Walking Classroom program. Problem solved!
Debbie Silver’s book, Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8: Teaching Kids to Succeed, is “an ideal blend” of theory, common sense, research & humor about effective ways to help students succeed, says reviewer Susie Highley.
Teachers face many system-imposed roadblocks as they pursue a deeper STEM approach to teaching science, math and related subjects.
Prepare your students to watch the Presidential Debates with these tips & tools from media literacy expert Frank Baker.
Parents can kindle children’s interest in the excitement of STEM learning – then help keep the fire burning – says blogger Anne Jolly. She has 10 tips.
Blogger and science educator Anne Jolly is issuing a MiddleWeb Alert! Here are six things teachers in the middle grades can do to promote STEM Girl Power.
Book Reviews / Visual & Media Literacy
by MiddleWeb · Published 09/29/2012 · Last modified 11/13/2019
Visual literacy is vital skill for iGeneration students, says reviewer Patricia Thomas-Jeanig. She recommends Steve Moline’s See What You Mean: Visual Literacy K-8 (2nd Edition) which explores many kinds of visual texts and includes great teaching ideas.
Book Reviews / Icebreakers & Energizers
by MiddleWeb · Published 09/28/2012 · Last modified 03/01/2024
125 icebreakers and 40 closure activities all in one book! Kick-Start Your Class: Academic Icebreakers to Engage Students by LouAnne Johnson is a teacher’s dream come true, says our reviewer Anne Anderson.
Book Reviews / English Language Learners
by MiddleWeb · Published 09/28/2012 · Last modified 12/02/2019
Minding the Achievement Gap One Classroom at a Time by Jane E. Pollock, Sharon M. Ford and Margaret M. Black is a great resource for implementing Classroom Instruction That Works strategies for ESL/ELL students, says ESL teacher Julie Dermody.
Blogger Anne Jolly shares three ways for students to do STEM project research without poring over books with fill-in sheets at hand.