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Lessons, Activities and Ideas For You Amazing Middle School Teachers

Using Independent Films as Texts in Your Classroom

I don’t know about you, but I’m always on the lookout for a great inspirational video to show my kids, and I have found a few good ones this year. Recently, I’ve been looking into some good sites...

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Smart Quizzes to Empower Classroom Engagement (Guest Blog Post)

I’ve been so lucky to find wonderful bloggers, teachers and writers who are willing to add their ideas to Lessons From The Middle. This post is by Laura, from 123Contact Form and she’s sharing some...

May 11, 2013 Like

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Thank you Indigo!!!!

I just have a quick post this evening. We got some VERY good news at my school this week. After MUCH work, and many hours we found out that we will be receiving an Indigo Love of Reading Grant for...

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TPT Appreciation Sale is on now!

Just in case you haven’t heard… TeachersPayTeachers is having their annual Teacher Appreciation Sale today and tomorrow, May 7-8. I’ll be having a sale in my TPT Store as well! Many people find...

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And the winner is…(Plus Info on Student Blogging)

Thank you to all who hopped on over and followed our blogs and TPT Stores last weekend! Your participation in this little event was awesome! We do have a winner to announce Drumroll please……...

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School’s (Almost) Out Blog Hop and Giveaway

I know what you’re thinking! What do you mean school’s almost out? We have 2 months to go! Well, I wanted to have one more giveaway before it got too close to the end of the school year to use the...

Apr 27, 2013 Like

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Why can’t we make the papers for something positive?

A little stressed here this evening…. We just got news that the three classes of students in the basement of our building must be relocated to other areas of our school immediately. This means that...

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Getting Students to Understand That Their Power Lies With Them

Friday again already! I’m super excited, actually. It’s the school’s Spring Carnival tonight and last year it was just awesome AND we raised $6000! More on that in a future post… I just wanted to...

Apr 19, 2013 Like

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Light Up Your World

The choices we make affect what happens in our lives and can impact who we become. You know that. I know that. But how, oh how, can we get our pre-teens and teens to truly understand that? Many of...

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Do your students blog?

I’ve mentioned before that I’m lucky enough to be a contributing teacher-blogger to Global Teacher Connect - an awesome teacher-blog with contributors from all over the world! Head on over and...

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Why do you act the way you do?

If I’ve thought it once, I’ve thought it a million times, Each year, a new kid, The same, But different. I’ve thought, Why do you act the way you do? I spend so much of my time, Trying to really...

Mar 26, 2013 Like

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Who Doesn’t Love a Good Giveaway?

Confessions of a Teaching Junkie is celebrating her one year blogiversary and she’s having a big giveaway to do it! I couldn’t be happier to donate an item to her Gr 6-8 Bundle. There are tons of...

Mar 24, 2013 Like

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Bump It Up Boards (A Guest Blog Post)

Welcome to Kristy, from 2 Peas and a Dog, my guest blogger for today. Thanks again for such an awesome idea, Kristy. Enjoy folks! *** Need a strategy to improve student achievement? Have you tried...

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Attitude is Altitude: Inspiring Video for Junior High and Above

Spring Break is here, although it looks more like Christmas Break outside of my window. No matter – a break is a break and I’m blessed to be healthy and sharing it with my boys! So far today, we’ve...

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Making Crystal Shamrocks with Borax to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

Report cards have gone home. Parent-teacher interviews are over and March Break is just 2 days away. Life is good! At report card time, I always have my students do a self-assessment and I have...

Mar 13, 2013 Like

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A New Money Saving “Deals” Site for Teachers ~ Educents

I just wanted to let you know that I found what looks to be a promising money-saving “deals” site specifically for teachers. We all know that we spend WAY too much of our own money on our students...

Mar 10, 2013 Like

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To This Day…Have you seen this amazing video? Bullying, name calling, abuse…so powerful!

It’s been so busy here lately, I feel like I haven’t blogged in forever! Hubby’s out of province during the week for another 5 weeks and so I’m pretending to be Supermom, doing it all! That being...

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Inquiry Based Math Lesson on Data Management (Guest Blog Post)

I’d like to introduce a guest blogger this evening, AnneMarie, from Looking From Third to Fourth. She teaches grade 3/4 in Ontario. She’s written an excellent and detailed data management blog...

Feb 24, 2013 Like

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My Blog Birthday Winners, A Canadian Teacher-Blogger Link-Up, and Great Giveaways

This post is a little bit of a mish-mash! First, thanks so much to all of you who entered (and contributed to) my Blog Birthday Giveaway. The winners of the packages have been contacted and have...

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Celebrating My First Blog Birthday with a BIG Giveaway! $500 in Resources and Gift Certificates to be Won!

**~** This giveaway has now ended. Thanks everyone for making it such a success! The winners have been notified and I’ll wait to hear back from them before I post…**~** I can’t believe it’s been a...

Feb 8, 2013 Like

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Trying to Combat Acts of Bullying with Acts of Kindness

Bullying is an issue at most schools, and unfortunately it is no different at mine. This year though, we’re trying something new. On Thursday, we launched our “Stand Up” to bullying campaign. Our...

Feb 4, 2013 Like

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Assessing Writing in Middle School

I had an excellent Professional Development Day yesterday, on assessing writing. I’ve got so much work to do this weekend now! Don’t you just love it when that happens? You attend a PD session and...

Feb 2, 2013 Like

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If you teach math – make the time to get your kids to this site (CCSS aligned)!

I had heard about this site a while back. I checked it out and knew that it looked pretty cool and that the kids would probably enjoy it. Then I got busy. I didn’t have time to register all of my...

Jan 29, 2013 Like

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Valentine’s Day “Making Words” Literacy and Math Freebie ~ Plus a February Freebies Link-Up!

Teaching grade 7, I don’t do as many activities with my students for holidays as perhaps teachers in the younger grades. Every once in a while though, it’s kind of nice to break away from the...

Jan 27, 2013 Like

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Book Club Update: They had glimmers!

I posted yesterday about the issue that I’ve been having with my students just not having the types of discussions that I hoped that they would have (spontaneously, of course) in their book club...

Jan 25, 2013 Like

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Book Club Discussions: Moving Beyond the Text To Make Meaningful Connections

So we’re about half way through our book club and things are going okay. My class is a group of very verbal kids (and then some not so verbal kids). They seem to be enjoying their novels and I know...

Jan 24, 2013 Like

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Calling All French Teachers!

You know those people who you just admire? They are so passionate about what they do and are so talented, as well? I am fortunate to be surrounded by these people in my life (you know who you are)....

Jan 20, 2013 Like

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Mid Winter Mad Money Giveaway

I don’t know about you – but I’ve had a week from hell. It started off with finding out that my “privacy was breached” due to a stolen hard drive at my Student Loan Agency – me and 583 000 other...

Jan 18, 2013 Like

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Flash Giveaway Winners and An Outside the US Link-Up

Just a quick post this evening…two things… 1) Thanks to everyone who entered my flash giveaway! I decided to choose three lucky winners and they were Mary B., Carey W. and Sherie R. Carey and Mary...

Jan 13, 2013 Like

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Using Independent Films as Texts in Your Classroom

Smart Quizzes to Empower Classroom Engagement (Guest Blog Post)

Thank you Indigo!!!!

TPT Appreciation Sale is on now!

And the winner is…(Plus Info on Student Blogging)

School’s (Almost) Out Blog Hop and Giveaway

Why can’t we make the papers for something positive?

Getting Students to Understand That Their Power Lies With Them

Light Up Your World

Do your students blog?

Why do you act the way you do?

Who Doesn’t Love a Good Giveaway?

Bump It Up Boards (A Guest Blog Post)

Attitude is Altitude: Inspiring Video for Junior High and Above

Making Crystal Shamrocks with Borax to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

A New Money Saving “Deals” Site for Teachers ~ Educents

To This Day…Have you seen this amazing video? Bullying, name calling, abuse…so powerful!

Inquiry Based Math Lesson on Data Management (Guest Blog Post)

My Blog Birthday Winners, A Canadian Teacher-Blogger Link-Up, and Great Giveaways

Celebrating My First Blog Birthday with a BIG Giveaway! $500 in Resources and Gift Certificates to be Won!

Trying to Combat Acts of Bullying with Acts of Kindness

Assessing Writing in Middle School

If you teach math – make the time to get your kids to this site (CCSS aligned)!

Valentine’s Day “Making Words” Literacy and Math Freebie ~ Plus a February Freebies Link-Up!

Book Club Update: They had glimmers!

Book Club Discussions: Moving Beyond the Text To Make Meaningful Connections

Calling All French Teachers!

Mid Winter Mad Money Giveaway

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