6-8 Middle School
Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in grades 6-8.
60-Second Strategy: Mystery Number
Starting class with this fun math review activity gets students out of their seats, boosts their problem-solving skills, and promotes collaboration.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Rethinking Classroom Seating With Caves, Campfires, and Watering Holes
An unconventional desk arrangement quickly and easily allows for three different types of classroom work—solo, small group, and whole-class instruction.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Getting the Most Out of the Reader’s Notebook
In high school, reading instruction sometimes gets short shrift. Interactive notebooks can increase students’ intrinsic motivation to read.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.6 Foundational Ways to Scaffold Student Learning
A collection of evidence-backed tips to help students cross the bridge from confusion to clarity.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Late Work Policies That Motivate Students Without Punishing Them
Completing work on time is a learnable skill, and teachers can use these restorative practices to help students develop it.8 Classroom AI Policies Developed by Teachers
Setting clear, shared expectations around student AI use is uncharted territory for many teachers. Educators across disciplines and grade levels share their current policies.Teaching Practices That Will Be Sustainable All the Way Till June
A super-cool strategy like an interactive bulletin board isn’t so great if you drop it by October. A teacher shares criteria for evaluating whether an idea will be sustainable, plus some ideas that have worked for her.Kicking Your Beginning-of-Year Activities Up a Notch
A teacher shares variations on covering the syllabus, creating class norms, and starting to build a community that he designed to boost student engagement from day one.An Approach to Structured Literacy for Older Struggling Readers
Teachers can use AI to generate age-appropriate leveled texts that encourage reading skills development.50.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Connecting the First Day of School to the Last
A veteran middle and high school teacher shares a first day of school activity that has worked for her for 25 years.What to Do When Students See Schoolwork as Too Challenging
Students often don’t measure academic difficulty objectively—they measure it emotionally. Teachers can tap into research to provide the resources and support students need to complete assignments.
Is it Time to Drop ‘Finding the Main Idea’ and Teach Reading in a New Way?
Some schools are changing the way they teach reading—based on research that shows background knowledge is more critical to comprehension than general skills like ‘finding the main idea.’1.1MYour content has been saved!
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8 Strategies to Improve Participation in Your Virtual Classroom
Educators share their best synchronous and asynchronous strategies to boost student participation during online learning.999.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.A First-Week Routine That Gets Middle School Students Thinking Like Scientists
Here’s a day-by-day plan for guiding your students to start the year by asking questions. Just resist the urge to answer them.6.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.11 Classroom Management Tweaks You Don’t Learn in Teacher Prep
Over time, every teacher makes small changes that have a big impact on how their classes run. A veteran teacher shares the hacks that work for him.
