Middle School Archives - Peers and Pedagogy

Serving Language Learners From an Asset-Based Lens

Setting the Stage for Language Learner Success Through an Asset-Based Lens

02/03/23, Mary Phillips, Xatli Stox

Text Complexity is…well…complex!

Shifting perspectives about high-interest, low-level texts.

01/26/23, Shanita Rapatalo

Challenging the Status Quo

How Chat GPT Can be the Key to Achieving Educational Equity

01/19/23, Zak Cohen

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High-Quality Curriculum Raised the Bar, But Not High Enough

What we miss when we narrowly define what “high-quality” means in instructional materials

01/11/23, Adrienne Williams

Research-based AND Responsive

Putting the science of reading to work for the kids in front of you

01/04/23, Catlin Goodrow

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Constantly Shifting Practice

How the Shifts of the Common Core changed instruction and still missed the mark

12/15/22, Katie Keown

Developing Language and Literacy With Children’s Literature and Through the Lens of a Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy

Why children’s literature fosters a culturally sustaining pedagogy

12/06/22, Jennifer Benitez

We’ve Come a Long Way, Fast

How Technology is Shaping the Modern Classroom in Unseen Ways

12/01/22, Zak Cohen

Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

5 ways to meet students' academic and emotional needs

12/16/20, Tika Epstein

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Small Pivots to Access Complex Text Across the Curriculum

Reading strategies that help secondary students in all content areas

12/15/20, Sarah Brown

Finding and Teaching The Complexity In Read-Aloud Texts

11/25/20, Anne Lyneis

Are We Forgetting About Fluency?

11/13/20, Anne Lyneis

Improving Accessibility for All Students

Remote Learning Tips and Tricks

11/06/20, Fishtank Learning

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Enhancing Remote Learning and Student Engagement With Online Tools

Five tools to make virtual learning more social for students

10/30/20, Aaron Grossman

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Building a Culture of Advocacy

Building a culture of advocacy is a continuous effort

10/23/20, Dr. Janice K. Wyatt-Ross

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Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

Rethinking how we define “text” to engage older students and accelerate learning

10/16/20, Jenni Aberli, Lauren Trahan

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What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?

What educators should consider when selecting or using personalized learning approaches to accelerate literacy outcomes

10/09/20, Meredith Liben, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D., Susan Pimentel

Math teacher explains online lesson to students

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Two Facts: We Are Better Together, And We Can Do Hard Things

Exploring what it means to be “good at math"

09/18/20, Brian Dean

Designing Equitable Learning Environments

Intentional instructional practice decisions, with a specific focus on mathematics

09/11/20, Amber Cook

Teacher giving online school lesson via video conference

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How to Keep Virtual Live Lessons Running Smoothly? It Takes Two

A two-person model can improve the flow and engagement in virtual lessons

09/03/20, Matt Kerrigan

Students participating in digital classroom

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Centering Student Voice & Choice in a Remote Classroom

How student feedback changed classroom dynamics

08/30/20, Whitney Aragaki

Teacher teaching mathematics to students in a classroom

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Planning for Math Remediation

Just-In-Case or Just-In-Time?

08/13/20, Sarah Britton, Jami Therrien Wells

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Amplifying Student Voices During Distance Learning

Using asynchronous tools to create a math share-out for the kindergarten classroom

07/17/20, Bethany Lockhart Johnson

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Why Teaching Justice Through Reading & Writing Cannot Wait

How teachers can enact change and combat racism through purposeful discussions and literary curricula

06/14/20, Yvonne Thompson

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You Have a List of Culturally Diverse Texts. Now What?

Guidance on facilitating classroom lessons and discussions that push student thinking

06/11/20, Keenan W. Lee, M. Ed

Students engaged in a classroom and raising their hands.

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Refocusing on Your Learners

5 ideas to create a student-centered classroom

05/28/20, Tamera Musiowsky-Borneman

Teacher Hosting Online Class Using Video Conference On Laptop

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Distance Learning with Intention and Purpose

Ideas for engaging and connecting students during distance learning.

05/11/20, Marya Hay

Student participating in a remote math classroom.

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5 Ideas to Engage K-2 Students in Math Remotely

Using video, interactive platforms, and at-home materials to support math instruction for young students

05/06/20, Chris Fishpaw

Family reading together as part of remote book club during remote learning

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Class and Family Book Tasting During Distance Learning

Designing reading activities to engage K-12 students at home

04/28/20, Tika Epstein

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Top 5 Resources for Learning Online

Free, standards-aligned resources to facilitate remote learning

03/20/20, Tika Epstein

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Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Learning from students' mistakes to enhance instruction

03/13/20, Michael Pershan

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Designing for Equity (Teachers as Designers)

Helping folks who care about equity do equity.

02/27/20, Dr. Christine Ortiz

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Finding the Courage to Teach Texts Outside Your Comfort Zone (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

Teaching texts that honor difference and inspire challenging conversations

02/21/20, Rhiannon Hartman Dunn

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Creating a Culture of Shared Norms and High Expectations in Your Classroom (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

How to create a culture that facilitates powerful learning for ALL learners

02/21/20, Matthew Shea

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Say “Author” (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

Strategies for including all learners in discussions about complex text

02/21/20, Shannon Hahne

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How Does Education Research Relate to My Practice?

Is your reading program working? What can you do to improve it?

02/14/20, Tori Filler, Carey Swanson

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Tidying Up

Instructional Routines for Whole-Class Reading and Writing

01/22/20, Jon Gustafson

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Reaching New Heights

A Framework for Examining Cognitive Complexity in Mathematics

01/06/20, Shelbi Cole, Ph.D, Ted Coe, Ph.D

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For the Love of Learning

How a focus on building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction can enrich ELA instruction and engage learners

12/08/19, Carey Swanson

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Math Instructional Routines: Creating Opportunities for Students With Disabilities to Grapple with Grade-Level Math

How Routines for Reasoning can support all students to engage with the mathematical practices

12/01/19, Grace Kelemanik, Amy Lucenta

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I See Me

Building a diverse classroom library with the help of First Book Marketplace

11/24/19, Tamika Peters

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What Makes a High-Quality Diverse Text and How to Get These Texts Into Your Classroom

Resources and guidance for educators

11/13/19, Jill Eisenberg

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A New Way to Consider Cognitive Demand in ELA Assessments

A Framework for Text Complexity in ELA and Reading

11/08/19, Katie Keown

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Planning the Small Group Reading Lesson

Teach and Guide

10/06/19, Dr. Deborah Glaser

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Robust Vocabulary Instruction

Bringing Knowledge-Rich Curricula to Life

09/30/19, Jon Gustafson

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Desmos in the Math Classroom

How a free tool changed my classroom

07/19/19, Nick Corley

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Wit & Wisdom: Implementation Dos and Don’ts

Lessons learned from teachers who've implemented the curriculum

11/07/18, Sarah Webb

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Addressing Common Challenges with Student Writing

Why aren’t students successful writers and what can teachers do to help?

10/09/18, Zackory Kirk

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Doing Better: Aligned Instructional Practice

An overview of the Instructional Practice Guide suite of tools

09/19/18, Destiny Eldridge, April Pforts

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Building A Culturally Responsive Classroom

Why building a culturally responsive classroom matters for the success of ALL students

09/07/18, Jill Yamasawa Fletcher

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Making the Connection Between Materials and Instruction

Why instructional practice should be at the heart of all instructional materials decisions

08/20/18, Sandra Alberti

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Seeing College- and Career-Ready Standards through Instruction

Exploring the updates to the Instructional Practice Guide

08/15/18, Lisa Goldschmidt

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Creating and Sequencing Text-Dependent Questions to Support English Language Learners

Strategic selection and organization of questions can be a scaffold that helps English learners grapple with highly complex questions.

08/01/18, Claire Rivero

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Considering Reading Instruction with the End in Mind

Meet students not only where they are, but also where they're going.

07/30/18, Carey Swanson

Part 8

Most Misunderstood Middle School Mathematics Standards in Grade 8

Are these instructional mistakes happening in your classroom?

07/26/18, Brian Dean

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Formative Assessments and Feedback in the Digital Age

How implementing Pear Deck changed my classroom.

07/06/18, Jeff Crayton

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Most Misunderstood Middle School Mathematics Standards in Grade 7

Are these instructional mistakes happening in your classroom?

06/27/18, Brian Dean

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Re-Teaching Doesn’t Always Mean Repeating

Consider alternative ways to re-teach when students struggle with new content

06/12/18, Kristi Gettelman

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Illuminating Interims

What makes a good interim assessment program?

06/07/18, Laura Hansen

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Most Misunderstood Middle School Mathematics Standards In Grade 6

Are these instructional mistakes happening in your classroom?

06/01/18, Brian Dean

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To Write or Not to Write? There is No Question! Part 2

Activities to support the connection between reading and writing

05/22/18, Dr. Deborah Glaser

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Using Curriculum to Send Essential Messages to Students

How Wit & Wisdom Supports English Language Learners

01/19/18, Sarah Webb

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Three APPS to Support Students with Special Needs

Helping All Kids Grapple with Grade-Level Content

12/21/17, Dr. Bryan Drost

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Most-Read Articles of 2017

12/15/17, Student Achievement Partners

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Addressing unfinished learning in the context of grade-level work

Not all unfinished learning should be treated the same way

12/06/17, Chrissy Allison

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Creating Student Empowerment Through Your Garden-Variety Graphic Organizer

How I use graphic organizers in my classroom to promote student independence

11/30/17, Alison Killy

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Emerging Effects from CCSS

A high school math teacher shares examples of student progress following CCSS implementation

11/27/17, Lane Walker

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A Five-Course Meal Complete with Strategies for Assessment

Concrete strategies to help classroom educators get involved with assessment design

11/21/17, Bryan Drost

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The Many Positive Uses for Assessment

Three ways to use assessment for good

11/15/17, Rob Woodworth

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Designing Effective Homework

Best practices for creating homework that raises student achievement

10/13/17, Claire Rivero

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High-impact strategies for teaching writing with evidence at the high school level

An interdisciplinary PLC develops common strategies and rubrics to support student writing.

10/11/17, Mary Burt

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The Instructional Practice Toolkit: An Introduction

Learn how the Instructional Practice Toolkit can help teachers make connections between planning, instruction, and student outcomes.

09/22/17, Rachel Etienne

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Assessing Grammar and Language Convention Skills

New guidance explains how to assess writing skills through embedded-error passages and multiple-choice items

09/18/17, Laura Hansen, Katie Keown

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Creating a Feedback Culture

Using effective feedback to help students master their learning goals

09/13/17, Andrea Raines

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Blended Learning: The Station Rotation Model

Find out how a blended learning station-focused model can help you differentiate instruction and give ALL students the support they need to tackle grade-level work

09/06/17, Susan Hitt

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Looking At and Learning From Student Work, Part Two: Now What?

An 8th grade teacher models the process of using writing analysis checklists to make plans for future writing instruction

08/17/17, Joey Hawkins

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Creating Professional Learning for Eureka Math

Approaching year three of implementation, a math interventionist describes how her district has supported teachers in using the curriculum

07/28/17, Tina Eisenbeis

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Looking at, and Learning from, Student Writing

An introduction to the Vermont Writing Collaborative's Writing Checklists

06/26/17, Joey Hawkins

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Forming a United Whole – The Coherence Map

A K-12 STEM District Supervisor Explains How He Used the Coherence Map to Improve His District's Math Curriculum

03/13/17, Joshua Zagorski

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Most-Read Articles of 2016

12/21/16, Student Achievement Partners

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Introduction to Argument Writing

A long-time middle school teacher and writing expert explains how to design strong writing instruction

10/14/16, Joey Hawkins

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Training Materials for the ELA/Literacy IMET

New training modules on the IMET’s Non-Negotiables and Alignment Criteria

10/12/16, Student Achievement Partners

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Four APPS to Redefine Your Language Arts Curriculum

Focusing on building a student-centered classroom through digital applications

10/05/16, Bryan Drost

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Assessment Item Alignment Modules

Learn how examining assessment items can be a source of professional development and deepen your understanding of the Shifts

09/19/16, Shelbi Cole, Katie Keown

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Piloting New Curriculum Options with Educators

Learn about OUSD’s piloting process and find out what teachers thought of three popular ELA/literacy programs

09/01/16, Student Achievement Partners

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Lessons from the Fordham Assessment Review

One of the reviewers explains how the assessment review was conducted and what the findings mean for educators and students.

08/23/16, Amy Youngblood

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Reason Abstractly and Quantitatively

A math teacher explains how well-designed materials can help students learn to deal with challenging math problems

05/13/16, Sarah Galasso

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Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching

How building specific mathematical knowledge in teachers can strengthen classroom instruction

03/07/16, Illustrative Mathematics

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Creating a Conducive Environment for Teachers to Adapt Materials

An administrator’s guide to promoting teacher innovation

02/26/16, Andrew Davis

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Why We’re Choosing Instructional Materials Blindly

A Brookings Institution report explains how much we DON’T know about instructional materials in use in today’s classrooms.

02/05/16, Student Achievement Partners

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