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AUGUST 25, 2022

School is almost back in session and educators are busy working on curriculum for the upcoming school year that will challenge students, improve their communication skills and provide a platform to express their thoughts and interests. Meet The Middle School Mind. Creative outlet. We’ve got you covered.

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JUNE 26, 2017

However, he never did learn how to write, claiming that he never quite got the hang of it, and he left that to the monastic scribes. In the Middle Ages, literacy was highly valued. However, he never did learn how to write, claiming that he never quite got the hang of it, and he left that to the monastic scribes.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

They seek opportunities and time to illustrate scientific and social concepts with a real world understanding and have students apply their knowledge and express their understanding through writing. Sample Lesson Plans for Your School. 3rd Grade Informational Writing: How do we describe the earth’s oceans?

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

A skilled teacher can re-direct instruction based on feedback that they are receiving from their students throughout the flow of a lesson,” writes Alexis Roesser, an English teacher and department chair at Salamanca High School in New York. For some educators, digital forms have been a productive way to achieve this.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In middle school, I participated in Future City , a STEM competition for middle schoolers. I figured that what gave me joy in elementary school would do the same for my students. Influenced by my own experiences and the philosophy of my school, competition became a staple in our classroom culture.

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

One day I had been planning to discuss metacognition—a learning strategy I teach to my middle-school students. I’d randomly choose five things we learned the day before and ask them to write what they could recall. Those mini-quizzes became a way for the students to differentiate what they knew from what they didn’t.

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MAY 9, 2023

There’s even an option to write stories together. As one educator writes about their experience with the tool, there are no individual user profiles, no way to collect likes and no followers — basically, no emphasis on comparison. But CoCo is a departure from Scratch in a few crucial ways.

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APRIL 28, 2020

One example that resonated for me is what Agarwal calls a “Brain Dump,” meaning at the midpoint of a unit, as an opening or bellringer, I could ask my students to write all they know about the unit. In fact, the Saxon math curriculum my teachers used when I was in middle school over 25 years ago leveraged interleaving.

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AUGUST 31, 2017

I used my 1:1 laptops to create a paperless classroom, providing instant teacher feedback on writing assignments. I showed kids their grades and ELA standards mastery scores, which I had tracked through bi-weekly Common Core-aligned quizzes. I sent them rubrics for writing assignments and emailed them grades for every exit ticket.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Over the last year, she’s noticed ads peppered throughout the communications app, which is used by most students, parents and teachers at her 13-year-old’s middle school. Most of the ads seem innocuous—a virtual charter school or a set of digital worksheets, for example—and don’t bother her much. They’re middle-school kids.

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MARCH 11, 2016

online quizzes. With it, students can take notes in their books, fill in online rubrics and quizzes, and automatically link to additional resources without having to retype URLs. Since student needs are not extreme, pretty much any tool your school makes available will accomplish student goals. Online Quizzes.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Here are fifteen ways to celebrate in your classroom including websites, games, activities, printables, quizzes, audios, songs, interactive maps, crafts, flashcards, videos, webquests, books, posters, trading cards, lesson plans, word searches, puzzles, speeches, articles, animations, biographies, and more: 1. Activities for High School.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Teachers have the feature as well, where they can write directly on student work or highlight important points in a passage. Users can now add images (or graphs, for the math teachers) to quizzes, either as part of a question or as a multiple choice answer. A student sketches out ideas with the new whiteboarding feature.

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JULY 14, 2017

Students can practice persuasive writing, comprehension, and typing skills by completing reviews, reports, and reading logs online. Many ICDL books are classified as “activities” meaning they are perfect for digital story times, scavenger hunts, and creative writing exercises. Open Library. Listen and Read. One More Story.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

One was Melissa Yarborough, a teacher at Navarro Middle School in Houston’s East End, which is home to one of the city’s historically Latino neighborhoods. While not targeted as a failing school, her campus became “NES-aligned,” meaning her principal opted into the New Education System. Map by Nadia Tamez-Robledo for EdSurge.

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Cult of Pedagogy

AUGUST 4, 2024

Most of my teaching experience was in middle schools, so I spent a lot of time with kids who were going through one of the most tumultuous transitions of their lives. ” Step 2: Agenda In this step, the teacher takes a minute to introduce the plan for the day, and students write it down in a chart like the one below.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School). This free-to-schools online program mixes videos, games, quizzes, and the challenge of earning badges to teach students the concepts behind digital citizenship : Communication.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

APRIL 25, 2025

Academic competitions can be exciting and rewarding additions to your school club options. For upper elementary and middle school students, these challenges not only promote academic growth and productive struggle but also social connections. Encourage students to practice in pairs or groups to strengthen their teamwork skills.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

Real School Example One middle school teacher at K12 Schools designed a Grammar Quest for English class. This helped make school fun for students. Recommended Tools Kahoot and Quizizz: Great for quizzes that feel like competitive games. This creates a natural sense of progression. Teaching probability?

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 26, 2025

Establish School Hours Set clear learning hours that mimic traditional school timings, with blocks allocated for live classes, independent study, breaks, and meals. Additionally, students can join local sports teams, music classes, or volunteer organizations outside of school to stay socially and physically active.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Students and faculty live a significant portion of their daily lives online in social media spaces,” writes University of Central Florida’s Tom Cavanagh in his article on the LMS selection process. Mary Jo Madda ( @MJMadda ) is Senior Editor at EdSurge, as well as a former STEM middle school teacher and administrator.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

There are good reasons why worksheets have been the backbone of assessment for decades: Students write or type the information (and get the benefits of note-taking). Included also are quizzes, Q&A, games, and activities. I see you roll your eyes, but bear with me as I drag this tried-and-true stalwart into the 21st Century.

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