6th grade ela classroom

ELA Classroom Setup Made Easier... If you are looking to make the most of your classroom space before your students arrive on the first day of school, take a look at these simple and manageable ideas.

A Reading Graffiti Wall is a great way to build your classroom reading community. Students find inspirational quotes from books they are reading to share.

"Your classroom environment speaks to your students before you utter a single word. What is your classroom saying?" These thoughts from Megan

As teachers, we are constantly referring to various terms in our content areas that we want/NEED students to know. To cement understanding, I designed a word

Looking for inspiration for teaching middle school reading skills? Read on to see how I teach the essential elements in a 6th-grade classroom.

*A DIGITAL OPTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR GOOGLE SLIDES AND FORMS/GOOGLE CLASSROOM* Be sure to re-download! There are directions and links inside the pdf. Hello, ELA! This resource is a unique way to get your students warmed up at the beginning of your ELA block. Each month contains 4-5 weeks of ELA bell work, which will have a theme around the season, national holidays, or events associated with that particular month. The morning work is focused on ELA 6th Grade Common Core Standards. Each…

Need some ideas for what to do with your students all year? Are you not bound by a specific curriculum? Check out what a REAL teacher does!

If you are looking for free and inexpensive tools to make the most of instructional time with your students, check out these ideas.

I began elementary school in the era of phonics. Looking back, I can honestly say that it seemed to work okay. Matching pictures with their word families in plaid workbooks... I learned to read, but