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Bishop, Penny A.; Downes, John M.; Farber, Katy – Harvard Education Press, 2019
"Personalized Learning in the Middle Grades" shows how teachers in grades 5--8 can leverage the use of personalized learning plans (PLPs) to increase student agency and engagement, helping youth to establish learning goals aligned with their interests and assess their own learning--particularly around essential skills that cut across…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Bradley, Vaughn M. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2020
Middle school is a critical time in students' learning of mathematics, something a Learning Management System (LMS) is designed to help parents support. What remains unknown is how parents use an LMS to monitor their children's progress in mathematics. This qualitative case study explored how parents from one midAtlantic middle school with 543…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Parents, Parent Attitudes, Integrated Learning Systems
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Bradley, Vaughn M. – Online Submission, 2020
Middle school is a critical time in students' learning of mathematics, something a Learning Management System (LMS) is designed to help parents support. What remains unknown is how parents use an LMS to monitor their children's progress in mathematics. This qualitative case study explored how parents from one midAtlantic middle school with 543…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Parents, Parent Attitudes, Integrated Learning Systems
Harper, Rebecca G. – Corwin, 2023
Good writers don't wing it--they have a plethora of skills. They list, picture, circle, strategize and revise to make language come alive. They know what to use and when. Like ace athletes, they are highly trained, well-versed in the techniques found in this lively book. "Writing Workouts" provides a method for instruction that gives…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Ruday, Sean – Eye on Education, 2020
Teaching grammar can be overwhelming and is often an overlooked part of effective instruction. "The Middle School Grammar Toolkit" to the rescue! Now in its second edition, this comprehensive guide makes grammar instruction fun and meaningful. You will learn how to: (1) Teach grammar in a practical and applicable way by presenting each…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grammar, Writing Instruction, Grade 6
Johnson, Carla C., Ed.; Walton, Janet B., Ed.; Peters-Burton, Erin, Ed. – NSTA Press, 2020
"Human Impacts on Our Climate" outlines a journey that will steer your students toward authentic problem solving while grounding them in integrated STEM disciplines. Like the other volumes in the series, this book is designed to meet the growing need to infuse real-world learning into K-12 classrooms. This interdisciplinary, three-lesson…
Descriptors: Ecology, STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Projects
Hinchman, Kathleen A., Ed.; Sheridan-Thomas, Heather K., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2022
With 50% new material reflecting current research and pedagogical perspectives, this indispensable course text and teacher resource is now in a thoroughly revised third edition. Leading educators provide a comprehensive picture of reading, writing, and oral language instruction in grades 5-12. Chapters present effective practices for motivating…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
Wager, Amanda Claudia; Clarke, Lane W.; Enriquez, Grace – Teachers College Press, 2019
This practical resource will help K--6 practitioners grow their literacy practices while also meeting the needs of emergent bilingual learners. Building on the success of "The Reading Turn-Around," this book adapts the five-part framework for reading instruction to the specific needs of emergent bilinguals. Designed for teachers who have…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students
Bay-Williams, Jennifer M.; Bush, Sarah B.; Peters, Susan A.; McGatha, Maggie B. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2015
To succeed in college, career, and life, students need to become financially literate. But understanding the basics of a long-term investment or a short-term loan is not enough without the math skills to make financially sound choices. In the already full curriculum of middle schools today, how can teachers find room to include financial literacy?…
Descriptors: Money Management, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods, Mathematical Concepts
Buxton, Cory A.; Provenzo, Eugene F., Jr. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2011
Grounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides elementary and middle school teachers with 40 place-based activities that will help them to make science learning relevant to their students. This text provides teachers with both a rationale and a set of strategies and activities for teaching science in a local context…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Science Activities
O'Meara, Jodi – Corwin, 2011
Collecting, processing, and using assessment data to form instruction for each student can be overwhelming--especially with so much diversity in the classroom. Help is here, with this hands-on guide that brings together the two leading approaches to teaching students of varying abilities: Response to Instruction and Intervention (RTI) and…
Descriptors: Teaching Guides, Data Analysis, Middle School Teachers, Individualized Instruction
Berne, Jennifer; Degener, Sophie C. – Corwin, 2012
Strategic grouping can transform reading instruction in the middle grades from a hit-or-miss learning experience to a targeted, responsive one. This book features a practical and field-tested model for small-group differentiated reading instruction in Grades 4-8. Jennifer Berne and Sophie C. Degener offer a clear, detailed discussion of how to…
Descriptors: Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Reading Instruction, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools
Barrs, Myra; Barton, Bob; Booth, David – Stenhouse Publishers, 2012
"This Book Is Not About Drama" explores issues around storytelling, silent speech, writing and imagination and shows teachers how to use role play and discussion to build language experiences that are meaningful for learners. This authoritative resource is full of simple strategies that begin with the simple and evolve in to more complex…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Role Playing, Discussion, Educational Strategies
Whitman, Carmen – Math Solutions, 2011
"It's All Connected" provides teachers of mathematics the support they need to improve their instruction. This in-demand collection of lessons for grades 6-8 explores proportionality, proportional relationships, and proportional reasoning, acknowledging that the ability to reason proportionally is crucial in the middle school mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Ramsay, Julie D. – Stenhouse Publishers, 2011
Publishing podcasts, writing digital stories with "choose your own adventure" endings, and collaborating with students around the country through wikis, Skype, and VoiceThread, Julie D. Ramsay never imagined that she and her fifth grade students would be forging a new frontier using technology to support writing lessons. In a school district with…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 3, Writing Skills, Teaching Methods
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