Archive - MiddleWeb Substack

ARTICLE: Good Leaders Know How Fragile Trust Is

Whether you’re a principal facilitating a change initiative or a teacher leader facilitating a content-level team, parameters are essential to build…

Jul 9

June 2025

ARTICLE: Teaching Dystopian Fiction

Dystopian fiction offers students a meaningful way to engage with literature and social issues while developing critical thinking skills.

Jun 26

MW Substack 031: Book Review Issue #2

Do you still read books about teaching and leading? Reflecting on the ideas of colleagues is a great way to add some DIY to your PD this summer!

Jun 12

May 2025

ARTICLE: Use Teacher Think Alouds in Any Subject

Teacher think alouds are great for grades 4-8. The goal is to provide less savvy readers with a play-by-play of what you as a skilled reader think while…

May 18

April 2025

March 2025

MW Substack 028: Multilingual learners

Whether we describe them as multilingual Learners, English learners, ELLs, or with other acronyms, our students who are working to gain fluency in…

Mar 14

ARTICLE: Small Steps Build Research Skills

Research is a muscle that middle grades kids are still building. Their skills strengthen with just the right amount of repetition.

Mar 1

February 2025

MWSubstack 027: Middle Grades Books (2)

12 more articles featuring middle grades and YA fiction and nonfiction books, with ideas for teaching, independent reading and expanding class…

Feb 20

MWSubstack 026: Middle Grades Books (1)

Explore and enjoy the many teacher suggestions for middle grades and YA reading found in these themed articles.

Feb 6

January 2025

MW Substack 025: Motivation. Risk aversion.

The best motivation strategies enhance students' sense of competence and intrinsic desire to learn. Promoting academic risk-taking is a key step.

Jan 23

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