Teaching ela

Use Mentor Sentences in your ELA middle school classroom to improve student writing! Find practical ideas to teach writing skills.

I began elementary school in the era of phonics. Looking back, I can honestly say that it seemed to work okay. Matching pictures with their word families in plaid workbooks... I learned to read, but

Try this free, fun, and interactive middle school ELA games in your classroom to teach grammar and literacy ELA skills!

Teaching students the difference between literal and inferential thinking is one of my must-do lessons of every single school year

By The Daring English Teacher When it comes to teaching writing in the middle school ELA or high school English class, it can oftentimes feel like there is just so much content to teach. And in all honesty, that is entirely true. We simply do not have enough time to teach students every single thing they need to know in order to be the best writers they can be. However, we can focus on essential skills one at a time to build strong writers. When I first teach a type of writing to my…

Teaching theme will be engaging for your students with videos! Find the 5 Best Videos for Teaching Theme in your ELA classroom.

When teaching middle school grammar, it is important to create engaging ela lessons, that will help your students master grammar standards. In this post, I share some of my favorite ELA resources and grammar websites that I use in my own middle school ela classroom. #distancelearning #elaresources #digitalresources #englishteacher #englishresources #englishactivities

Peak into Room 213's lesson plans: her kids are learning about prewriting & are brainstorming with candy. They are also working on speaking & listening.

Stations in Middle School ELA that can be taught without constant grading and prepping materials #MiddleSchoolELA

I giggled to myself as I created the title to this blog post! If you are new to my blog, I'll have you know that this is the THIRD time I've written an "ELA in