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STUDENTS READING IN CLASS DURING A NOVEL STUDY
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Bringing Art Into the ELA Classroom: Why Teaching Art Analysis Boosts Literacy
ELA teachers are no strangers to analysis. We guide students through metaphors, tone shifts, and author’s purpose on a regular basis. But have you ever considered applying those same skills to visual texts? Incorporating art analysis into your English Language Arts classroom is a powerful way to deepen interpretation skills,… Listen ⇢
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“Becoming Reading Detectives: Strategies for Teaching Inference in Middle School”
Teaching inference to middle school students is teaching them to be detectives – to see beyond the page. This involves helping them understand how to draw conclusions based on evidence and reasoning, rather than direct information. I usually tell my kids to tell me what I cannot see. That moves… Listen ⇢
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🧠 Why I Always Reteach in January—And You Should Too
How revisiting procedures, standards, and routines after break sets the tone for a successful second semester The students come back from winter break……and so do the blank stares, forgotten procedures, and “Wait, we have to do bell work?” questions or everyone wants to hear about (and tell) about winter break… Listen ⇢
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✏️ Why Small Groups Matter in ELA — and How Teachers Can Make the Most of Them
If you’ve been teaching English for a while, you’ve seen the shift: more students reading below level, more gaps in foundational skills, more behavior challenges, and more pressure to differentiate — all at the same time. There’s one tool that helps with ALL of that, but too many secondary teachers… Listen ⇢
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The Angry Teacher’s Guide to the TPT Cyber Sale – December 1 & 2
🎯📚 Don’t Miss This Classroom-Changing Sale! It’s that time of year, Angry Teacher Fam…The biggest sale of the season is HERE—and your wishlist is about to thank you. 🗓️ Mark your calendar: December 1 & 2🛍️ Everything in The Angry Teacher Store is up to 25% OFF! If you’ve had… Listen ⇢
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🎁 Engagement Overload: Why a December ELA Choice Board Can Save Your Sanity (and Boost Student Learning)
December in the classroom is… a unique experience. Educators tend to have a love/hate relationship with December; we’re all on our way out, but the kids start getting restless and unbearable! By the time you hit the first week of the month, you can almost feel the energy shift. Students… Listen ⇢
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“Surviving the Winter Months as a Teacher (Without Losing Your Mind or Your Joy)”📚☕❄️
️ The Chill is Real Somewhere between Thanksgiving break and the promise of Spring, teachers find themselves trudging through the frozen stretch known as Winter. And, even though I’m in Miami, the days do seem chaotic! The days are shorter. The weather is colder. The students are twitchier. It’s field… Listen ⇢
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📚 Level Up Learning: How Differentiated Literacy Stations Transform Low-Level Readers in Grades 7–10
If you’ve ever taught a middle or high school ELA class, you know the struggle:twenty-five students, twenty-five reading levels, and one teacher trying to make it all work. I still don’t know how I survive some of my class periods. 🙂 Some students breeze through complex texts while others are… Listen ⇢
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🎯 High Impact Teaching Strategies (HITS): Practical Tools to Level Up Your ELA Lessons
As ELA teachers, we wear many hats—reading guides, writing coaches, grammar gurus, and sometimes motivational speakers. But how do we make sure our teaching is actually making an impact? That’s where High Impact Teaching Strategies (HITS) come in. These research-backed practices aren’t just educational buzzwords. They’re grounded in what actually… Listen ⇢
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