Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

With these engaging 7th grade writing prompts, students will dive into a world of self-expression. Challenge your advanced writers with writing prompts for middle school that go beyond 7th grade expectations. How do friendships influence school life, and what would school be like without them?

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Imagination Soup

JULY 9, 2025

Would your readers love these popular illustrated middle grade books? Whether your kids are emergent readers or middle grade readers, these excellent books all have. The post 60 Popular Illustrated Middle Grade Books appeared first on Imagination Soup.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

Did You Know Bulletin Board | Staff Bulletin Board | Community Building Board By 2nd Grade Sassy Pants This “Did You Know?” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dana | 2nd Grade Teacher (@2ndgradesassypants) Create a sense of calm to tame the chaos The second your students step through that door after summer, it’s game on.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Bilingual Hispanic Heritage Word Search Puzzles | Mes de la Herencia Hispana by Biliteracy Now Grades: 2nd-5th Subjects: Spanish Three printable Hispanic Heritage Month word searches encourage students to find important words, including “diversity,” “celebration,” and “independence.”

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Imagination Soup

MAY 21, 2025

Parents and teachers often tell me that they want MORE books about sports for kids to get their kids and students reading more. If you have a reader who loves sports, books about sports can be a great way to hook that child on reading. The post 100+ Best Books About Sports for Kids appeared first on Imagination Soup.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Fun Debate Topics Persuasive Speaking Activity Middle School, High School By Lindsay Ann Learning Grades: 6th-9th Subjects: English Language Arts, Speaking & Listening Standards: CCSS SL.9-10.4, Should high schools give up one year of history in favor of a financial literacy class? 8; CCRA.SL.4

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Catch my Words

JULY 13, 2025

Once the kids know how to solve a puzzle, I will move on to a puzzle within their grade level or ability. Back to Middle School Logic Puzzles I just posted a new resource on TpT. file Link to Google Slides Easel worksheets Check this new resource out on TpT at: Back To Middle School Logic Puzzles Hurry! What's New?

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

Research shows that children who are chronically absent from preschool through second grade are more likely to be reading below grade level by third grade. It has lasting effects through the upper grades, too. Experts stress that chronic absenteeism measures all absences, excused and unexcused.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2017

Young students see brightly-colored bookshelves and reading areas, where middle school students have lab tablets and desktop computers. According to a survey from Front Row Education, elementary school students mainly use iPads whereas middle school students are using Chromebooks.

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Imagination Soup

JUNE 30, 2025

Most kids love reading funny books. The post Funny Middle Grade Graphic Novels for Tweens appeared first on Imagination Soup. Add in the graphic novel format, and you get a winning combination of funny graphic novels!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the science of reading for older students. And those who didn’t?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

At Title I schools, where students are often at a disadvantage from the start, measuring success can look different depending on the student and the circumstance. So when it comes to reading, sometimes success can look like a student simply picking up a book. In my classroom, students generally read below grade level.

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Imagination Soup

JUNE 16, 2025

Whether you're going hiking, camping in the backyard, or just reading about camping, prepare your kids to understand what goes into the experience with these wonderful children's camping books about camping and hiking. The post 22 Wonderful Children’s Camping Books appeared first on Imagination Soup.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

While that resolution was a complete failure (I still have unread books on my shelf), it reignited my love of reading. While that resolution was a complete failure (I still have unread books on my shelf), it reignited my love of reading. Each year, I document my #BritReads reading journey on my social media channels.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

It’s no secret that strong reading skills are part of the foundation of students’ academic success. Without a solid reading foundation, students are more likely to perform poorly or drop out of school. Reading programs. years of growth in approximately seven months as measured on the Qualitative Reading Inventory.”.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

Sign up for our free New York newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. The day before my first day of teaching middle school in 2018, I decorated my Brooklyn public school classroom with quotes from famous people reflecting on the importance of reading. And those who didn’t?

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2023

Reading scores dipped considerably due to the pandemic, with fewer than half of students qualifying at their grade level standard. Educators continue to work hard to keep students motivated and engaged in learning to read while helping them cope with mental health challenges.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

In short, according to the National Center on Improving Literacy , the science of reading is “research, over time, from multiple fields of study using methods that confirm and disconfirm theories on how children best learn to read.” Here are 4 simple steps to help educators begin implementing the science of reading.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA– Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today that elementary students from Buchanan County, Virginia School District achieved unprecedented reading gains using Carnegie Learning’s Fast ForWord ® reading and language program. That’s major.

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eSchool News

APRIL 13, 2015

Educators who register students in reading challenge before June 30 can enter to win a free classroom library of 50 books. Scholastic has launched student pre-registration (K-8th grades) for its 2015 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge at scholastic.com/summer.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2020

Whether the 2020-21 school year is starting in the classroom or remotely, Follett is ensuring elementary and middle school students won’t be missing out on one of their favorite back-to-school traditions: the book fair. It has really helped me build my classroom library.”.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

September 29, 2021) – Reading Plus, an evidence-based online program that uses personalized instruction to improve students’ reading proficiency, today announced the expanded use of its platform within the Beaufort County School District in South Carolina. grade levels in a single school year when used with fidelity.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Using MAP Growth assessment results for grades three to eight, NWEA researchers found a mixed story of academic recovery. Similar to earlier research into math and reading, science achievement dropped early in the pandemic. “Science learning losses are smaller than losses in reading and math. months lost in math.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2021

times more effective than typical interventions for both EL and non-EL middle school students. Developed to address the decades-long gap in reading proficiency across the nation, Lexia PowerUp Literacy is designed to enhance core English language arts instruction for struggling readers in grades 6-12.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

. – June 23, 2022 – Students in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) who participated in online tutoring sessions with FEV Tutor , the most comprehensive virtual tutoring solution in K-12, demonstrated accelerated rates of growth relative to national norms in both math and reading on the NWEA MAP Growth Assessments.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

When I volunteer in my children’s elementary classrooms (1st and 3rd grade), I am struck by how frequently the teacher finds time to work directly with small groups of students to offer additional support, review concepts, assess understanding, and practice skills. At the secondary level scenes like this are less frequent.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Click To Tweet In my role as a coach, I had the opportunity to facilitate an articulation day with a group of middle school English language arts teachers. These “outs” become the “ins” for the next grade level. 3 Transparency between grade levels helps teachers identify skill gaps.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2017

Click here to read the full app review. Hall of Heroes is a social and emotional learning game that is designed to help students transition to middle school. Soon after, students are given a quick orientation to their school by the stoic and heroic Principal Shields. Grades : 5-8. Hall of Heroes. Rating : 4/5.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

With the time it takes to score and give feedback on student work deterring many writing teachers from assigning lengthier writing tasks, and with the long turnaround time most students wait to receive grades and feedback, there is significant timesaving and learning potential in an AI helping grade student work.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2019

As a middle school Spanish teacher, my #1 goal is to have my students fall in love with learning a language the way I did in middle school. When learning a second language, it’s important to teach reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Here is an example of a sheet used in a 4th grade math class.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2020

Read to Lead is a 100% free and proven blended learning solution that leverages game-based learning to help students in grades 5-9 build reading, writing, and leadership skills. Read to Lead Website. In that time, students read 5,000 words, make 10 leadership decisions, and practice Reading Anchor Standards.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As the back-to-school season unfolded in New York, the city’s teachers set up their classrooms how they usually do: by putting up posters, reading through curriculums, sharpening pencils, and, for roughly a decade , charging Chromebooks. It was the beginning of sixth grade, braces, and the descent into the digital world.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I vividly remember my English teacher, Mrs. Grant, bringing a stack of 20 well-read copies of A Wrinkle in Time out from the closet for everyone in the class. She would read a chapter or two out loud during class and later we would read independently until it was time to take a test or write a report on what we learned.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2024

Key points: Encouraging reading is a top priority, no matter how the material is presented Boycotting book fairs no more Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers–we’re all reading teachers For more news on literacy, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub I love a good classic. After all, I named my son Holden.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 9th most-read story focuses on first-year teaching supports. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. newsletters.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Most American students are still performing below their pre-pandemic counterparts in reading and math, while the yawning gap between high-achieving and low-performing students got even wider, data from the nations report card shows. But in 2024, reading scores declined even more for both fourth and eighth graders. newsletters.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

. — While more students are falling behind in foundational reading skills, some schools buck the trend with positive practice in the pandemic’s wake, according to new research released by Curriculum Associates today. . Students in upper elementary and lower middle school grades showed the greatest persisting setbacks in 2022.

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