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Showfloor News: PBLWorks creates PBLWorks TEACH to help scale project based learning

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The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks ), a national provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), is launching PBLWorks TEACH , a web-based application with ready-to-use, standards-aligned, Gold-Standard PBL projects for middle school math, science, English Language Arts, and social studies.

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How our district turned a sea of data into a compass for change

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When taking inventory of all the programs and platforms, our data was scattered everywhere like luggage on a cruise ship that had never been assigned cabin numbers–everyone’s bags were out, but no one knew where anything belonged or how to get it to the right cabin. Our next steps will be equally exciting.

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Easy and Effective ELA Activities for Middle School

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Use these easy and effective ELA activities for middle school to keep students engaged and teach them valuable skills. These short ELA activities for middle school get students thinking and writing quickly. Pen a letter to a character Do your middle school readers have something to say to someone in your class novel?

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11+ Strong Class Projects for Middle School Engineering Classes

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With low-prep setup, challenging concepts, and the coolest finished projects ever, these class projects for middle school engineering classes are sure to inspire the next generation of future engineers in your class. It’s not a great joke, but creating a potato clock is a great science experiment for middle school.

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How to Make Math Fun and Interesting

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Engaging Middle Schoolers in Math Middle school is when students start wondering, When will I ever use this? Make Math Real with Real-world Connections The best way to hook middle schoolers? Its great for in-class use and also works well as a homework assignment. Keeping math relevant and interactive is key.

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8th Grade ELA Teacher Essentials: 11 Top Teaching Tools

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Editable ELA Word Wall for Middle School By Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom Grades: 5th-8th Standards: CCSS CCRA.L.5, Provide relevant reading materials It’s no secret that 8th grade ELA teacher essentials include the middle school literary canon. And in order to list them, you need to plan them!

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75 8th Grade Writing Prompts Students Can’t Resist Responding to

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What middle school class has been your favorite so far? Give them a safe and structured place to let their arguments fly when you assign these persuasive writing prompts. Does AI count as a school tutor? If you could change one thing that’s happened this week, what would you change? Do you like sub days?

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