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8th Grade ELA Teacher Essentials: 11 Top Teaching Tools

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Teaching 8th grade ELA can be a uniquely rewarding experience, as long as you’ve got the right tools. A good classroom management system, a novel list, and a set of writing prompts go a long way to set students and teachers up for success. But is that enough to prepare new teenagers for 9th grade?

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Why Giving My Students More Choice Was the Most Punk Rock Thing I Could Do

Edsurge

Gotta Know the Rules Anyone who has ever taught professionally knows that classroom management is one of the most important aspects of creating a good learning environment and foundational to instructional practice. In most classrooms, the management boils down to, “I’m the teacher, so I’m in charge.” Martin’s class.

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8 Creative Classroom Seating Arrangements to Increase Engagement

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Assigned seats in a grid pattern aren’t your only option for an engaging classroom setup anymore! There are endless possibilities for seating layouts in your classroom, and each has its own benefits. All 24 charts are editable, so you can use your wording, favorite fonts, and classroom colors.

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Beyond grades: Helping families support students academically

eSchool News

One factor impacting families engagement with schools and teachers is the issue of grade inflation. The traditional letter grades used in education for more than 120 years may no longer hold the same significance for families. In 2023, ACT cited that grade inflation has been on the rise for more than a decade.

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Engaging Strategies for Reluctant Learners in High School

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Start the year off with foundational lessons based on CCSS from the previous grade (or even the grade below that) to ensure students have the tools they need to succeed. Once reluctant learners know that success is in their control, you’ll find their grades starting to rise.

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Reimagining the Flipped Classroom: Integrating AI, Microlearning, and Learning Analytics to Elevate Student Engagement and Critical Thinking 

Faculty Focus

Group discussions, simulations, debates, and problem-solving exercises should reference or utilize outputs from the pre-class assignments. When these activities contribute to course grades or unlock exclusive learning opportunities, their relevance is amplified. In-class activities should build directly on pre-class efforts.

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Benefits of Using a Paper Gradebook

Teacher Mood

Raise your hand if you’ve ever been caught in a login loop with your school’s online grading platform, only to give up five minutes later. I’ll share practical ways it helps with common grading and documentation headaches, plus a teacher-tested tip that keeps your paper gradebook in sync with your digital one. No hunting.

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