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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
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April 2025
ARTICLE: Keep Kids Learning the Last Weeks of School
We've pulled together a collection of our favorite end-of-school articles from the MiddleWeb archives.
Apr 30
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MW Substack 030: Brain-based learning
How can educators take what researchers now know about learning and the brain and use it to advance teaching and student success?
Apr 24
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MW Substack 029: Teacher motivation
How can teachers motivate themselves in such challenging times? And how do school leaders make teaching a better job?
Apr 3
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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ARTICLE: Hands-On Math Keeps Students Engaged
"The debriefing back in the classroom was amazing as students shared what they found and related their findings to the properties of the shapes and…
Jan 8
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December 2024
ARTICLE: 5 Activities to Really Engage Readers
We want our students to be reading closely and thinking deeply. Here are five adaptable ideas that keep students creatively interacting with texts.
Dec 18, 2024
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ARTICLE: How to Use Praise Effectively
Most teachers regularly use praise in their classrooms. However, Barbara Blackburn cautions, students can interpret praise positively or negatively.
Dec 6, 2024
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