Middle school lessons

30 social-emotional learning strategies for middle school kids to boost confidence and strengthen SEL skills students need for success.

As students head back to school, ELA teachers everywhere are considering how they are going to begin the school year, so I wanted to walk you through one of my favorite lesson plans entitled, “Why do we read?” As an educator, there are few things as exciting and rewarding as introducing a young person to […]

Short stories for middle school - a list of the best short stories for your middle school classroom with tips and teaching ideas.

Why should you use fun writing prompts for middle school? Learning how to write in middle school is essential for helping kids learn and perfect their

Use these Six Minutes podcast lessons and follow up activities to plan engaging and fun lesson plans for your middle school ELA students.

Use these memoir ideas and topics for middle school and high school in your classroom to help your students learn how to start a memoir!

If you have middle school aged students, these STEM projects for middle school will be great additions to your collection of STEAM activities for kids.

When I was in middle school, I had many teachers who killed this subject for me. But it can be truly engaging and fun! Some ideas: ➡️Interactive slideshow lessons ➡️Incorporating music into your lessons ➡️Center activities ➡️Boom™ cards Want to know more? Read my blog post, "Engage Your Students: Fun Social Studies Activities for Middle School".

What middle schoolers learn, how they behave, and how they interact with others can carry on into adulthood—whether positive or negative.

Ideas for making halloween spooktacular in your middle school science classroom! You either love halloween or hate it when you teach middle school science. I’ve decided to embrace it over the years and I am going to share some of my easy to implement, classroom-tested, middle school halloween lesson ideas, activities and costumes! There are […]