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Talking To Middle School Teachers
Asking teachers for help in middle school can be easy to do. Middle schoolers, practice using these 3 steps to talking with teachers about your questions and concerns.
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Classroom Organization
Determining what goes where is the key to getting and staying organized for both teachers and students alike in the middle school classroom.
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Teachers' Time on Task
Middle-school teachers in the United States are teaching for hundreds of hours more than their international colleagues. But what is being taught and why?
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Back to School Checklist for Teachers
Preparing a classroom for the new school year can be a daunting task. This handy checklist can be used to keep track of meaningful preparation activities.
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Classroom Management for Eighth Grade Teachers
The style and mood you set the first day sounds the tone for the entire year. With eighth graders, teachers may find more of a need to apply a unique style to traditions
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GATE Classes in Middle School
The majority of middle school students qualify for GATE classes through an exam. Parents may not be aware of the alternate methods. Read on to discover these strategies.
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Middle School Grammar Basics
In this four part humorous series, middle school students learn the essential elements of grammar as a foundation for writing properly.
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Middle School Grammar Essentials
In this four part humorous series, middle school students continue to learn the essential elements of grammar as a foundation for writing.
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National Middle School Association
The National Middle School Association (NMSA) can help middle school teachers in many ways. The answers or advice they need might just be a click away.
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Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences
In this four part humorous series, middle school students continue to learn the essential elements of grammar as a foundation for writing.
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Process Writing
For engaging middle school students in the writing process, make the lesson fun by asking them to perform a fairy tale that articulates the objectives of peer editing.
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Teacher New Year's Resolutions
Teachers, are you looking for some New Year's Resolutions? Here's some suggestions for you to pick and choose from. Happy New Year!
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Alternative Assessments
Since assessment drives curriculum for many middle school teachers, the types of assessment they use in the classroom are as important as ever.
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Books For New Teachers
Creating a personal library of teaching books that you can refer to throughout the year is a must for new teachers.
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Curriculum Integration in Middle Schools
In middle schools, teachers often have to decide on curriculum integration regularly. And if they decide that they will integrate, they must also decide to what extent.
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Effort and Citizenship Grades
In the second of the Middle School Grading and Assessment series, effort grades and citizenship awards are examined.
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English Class - Clauses and Voices
In this four part humorous series, middle school students continue to learn the essential elements of grammar as a foundation for writing.
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How to Support my Middle Schooler
Academic achievement takes a team effort of teachers, coaches, mentors and family members. Learn how to build your support team in five steps.
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Team Building on the First Day
This article suggests that teachers allow middle school students to compose their own classroom behavioral expectations as an opening day team-building activity.
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Creating Positive Classroom Environments
Spend a little extra time on teaching positive behavior and reap the benefits of nicer students by creating upbeat classroom environments and by rewarding good deeds.
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Substitute Teacher Ideas for Creative Lessons
Substitute teachers need good, well planned ideas to keep students interested and learning. Here are some suggestions for reading, writing and discussion classes.
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Delayed Brain Growth Better?
Recent research is now showing that brighter kids may have brains that develop later.
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Winter Activities: Middle School
With winter break fast approaching, teachers find themselves short on ideas for the few long days leading up to break. Quick ideas and easy lessons are needed...fast!
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Change Disruptive Behavior by Changing Teaching
Teachers must use a variety of teaching techniques to engage all middle school students. Bad behavior can be a reflection of weak teaching practices.
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Classroom Configuration & Organization
Before the school year begins, plan how to configure classroom furniture and how to organize papers. This will make the teacher's life easier the rest of the year.
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Environmental Education
Environmental education is not just about hugging trees. It's an easy and important area that can be incorporated in an interdisciplinary way into middle school teams.
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First Days of School
The first days of school can cause a "brain drain" for students and teachers. Once the rules and regulations have been covered, it might be time for some fun and games.
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Life Begins With Summer
Family Fun with the beginning of summer and the ending of school. It's party time! Enjoy a nice tall lemonade over ice on a hot day.
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Open House Ideas
Fall means back to school for students and parents alike. Hosting an Open House doesn't simply open the doors to parents; it opens the lines of communication, as well.
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Preparing Students for Middle School
Elementary school teachers need to be preparing their students for the move to middle school, but how can they do this effectively?
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Service Learning Projects
Service learning is a popular concept being implemented in many middle schools today. Following a few easy steps can turn service learning ideas into action.
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Young Adult Literature
Many students in middle school don't know where to begin when choosing young adult literature. The Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award is a great place to start.
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An Advisory Activity Found on Facebook
Everyone on Facebook is doing it...the "25 Random Things" note. Students will want to do this fun activity, too. And advisory class is the perfect place to get it done.
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Books are Great Christmas Gifts for Boys
This selection of well written, entertaining books is packed with gifting ideas for boys and teens.
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Classroom Decorations and Use of Visuals
All classroom visuals should complement curriculum, whether posters, maps, and what can be found on a teacher's desk; maintaining focus is a year-round effort.
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Communicating Student Behavior to Parents
Parent communication about student behavior is important. Several options exist for easy tracking of student behavior.
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Could Teaching Sex Become a Crime?
A teacher is suspended for answering students' questions about sex, defying Utah's abstinence-only education policy. A local politician wants to make that a crime.
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Middle School Content Area Reading Strategies
As reading demands become heavier, and information becomes more complex, middle school is the ideal time to master strategic reading skills for use in the content areas.
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Movie Review of Fracture
Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling face off in this taut thriller about an attempted murder.
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Teacher Behaviors After School
What would you think if you saw your child's teacher on MySpace saying and doing questionable things? It is not happening in school. Should this matter?
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Teacher's Salaries
Tips for the preservice and beginning teacher looking for a decent beginning teacher salary
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The Ease of Cheating in School
Because students are able to download so easily, more are cheating than in the past. Many websites on the Internet show students just how easy it is.
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The Transition From Middle to High School
The trauma of high school for incoming freshmen can be greatly alleviated by instituting programs that acclimate new students to the senior institution.
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Top Stresses For Middle Schoolers
With school starting in a few weeks, many pre-teens are starting to think about the changes involved in moving to a middle school or junior high environment.
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Columbus the Criminal
Some historical legends like Christopher Columbus have had their legacies re-evaluated by modern historians, and have been found wanting.
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Halloween Activities for Middle School Classes
Halloween at the middle school level is different from elementary school, but teachers can offer seasonal activities that help students reflect on first quarter learning.
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How to Stay Ahead in Middle School
Too much homework and too little time leaves tweens and teens stressed and sleep deprived. Here are three tips to ensuring stress-free homework for students.
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Iraqi Engineer Finds Peace Studying in Canada
After spending the first part of the American-led war against his country, Baraa Safaa made a switch to Canada to find a new life without forgetting home.
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Middle School Thanksgiving Activity
Thanksgiving offers teachers an opportunity to strengthen student reflection and foster a sense of appreciation by adapting an elementary activity for middle schoolers.
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New Paltz Halloween Parade Open to All
For perhaps forty years, New Paltz has started off its fun-filled Halloween with a parade down Main Street that one and all can participate in.
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