I was so excited to see so many wonderful free resources on Earth Day that I wanted to make sure to share them with all of you. It seems that Earth Day becomes more and more important to teach about how each and everyone of us can do something to help our earth.  Let's start with Scholastic. If you click on the picture below you will find lots of ...

For those of you who are having severe winter weather this year, I'm sure you are hoping that on February 2nd Puxsutawney Phil does not see his shadow and spring will soon be here. I remember growing up in New York, I always hoped that it would be a cloudy day in Gobbler's Knob, Pennsylvania. Do you believe in this tradition? Did you know that ...

I wish here in northern Florida we had a much longer winter and for some reason this winter seems more like spring. So I found some wonderful resources for you to check out where you can find activities and crafts for you to do with your kids over the next few months. At Kaboose you will find lots of Snowman and Winter crafts like this Snowy ...

Super brief but important post...WAIT for it... WAIT for it.....  :) CYBER MONDAY PLUS TUESDAY SALE 2012!! We are throwing a huge Cyber Monday Plus Tuesday Sale on Teachers Pay Teachers November 26-27th!  You can get up to 28% off 1000s of products.  Have you decided what different things you might need for December? January? Maybe now ...

I’ve been getting lots of traffic on my “Freebies” page from blog followers and visitors. It occurred to me, though, that maybe not everyone has looked beyond the homepage of Lessons From The Middle.  I just had a peek at the Middle School Freebies collection that I started a while back, and I noticed that [...]

Do you take advantage of cooperative learning?  As a middle school teacher, I've learned that small groups and pairs both offer so much! That being said, I even let them pair up and do various reading/writing assignments together, in class rather than at home. In this manner, critical thinking and  applying reading/writing skills tend to be more ...

  ===================================== Mac OSX Tech Tip ===================================== Many Mac OSX applications use a pop up fonts window to allow you to format font appearance. By default, you don’t get to see a preview of the font. If you click and hold on the little dot in the top-middle of that window and drag downward, a [...]

Have you ever wanted to challenge your students to read more outside of school? This year-long reading log contest will have your students reading unbelievable minutes each month at home. Included in this bundle are motivational reading logs with a creative theme (September- Football Kickoff, October- Haunted House, November- Giving & ...

 Building Readers One of the most important activities you can do with your students is to teach them to become proficient readers. Reading for pleasure is wonderful, but without guidance from the teacher in learning how to use reading strategies effectively, your students will not show significant gains in reading. We have worked hard this ...

Welcome to the world of Harry Potter! We have just finished creating fabulous resources to go along with J.K. Rowling's hit novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. We hope are able to use the activities we have created in your classroom. They are geared for students in grades 4-6. We have created a zipped bundle folder in Microsoft Word ...