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MiddleWeb.com – Resource for educators serving kids in grades 4-8. All 3600+ articles & reviews written by educators. Co-publisher of Middle Grades SmartBrief: https://edushare.ing/bR. We follow #edusky. Check out our Substack: middleweb.substack.com/about
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Welcome the FANBOYS Grammar Fan Club
In a new article, Patty McGee & Tim Donohue share fun, effective techniques (mini-inquiries, sentence superglue) to help students evolve into grammar rock stars. #edusky #iteachEnglish #ELA #educoach @pmgmcgee.bsky.social
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In a new article, Patty McGee & Tim Donohue share fun, effective techniques (mini-inquiries, sentence superglue) to help students evolve into grammar rock stars. #edusky #iteachEnglish #ELA #educoach @pmgmcgee.bsky.social
www.middleweb.com/52349/welcom...
June 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Welcome the FANBOYS Grammar Fan Club
In a new article, Patty McGee & Tim Donohue share fun, effective techniques (mini-inquiries, sentence superglue) to help students evolve into grammar rock stars. #edusky #iteachEnglish #ELA #educoach @pmgmcgee.bsky.social
www.middleweb.com/52349/welcom...
In a new article, Patty McGee & Tim Donohue share fun, effective techniques (mini-inquiries, sentence superglue) to help students evolve into grammar rock stars. #edusky #iteachEnglish #ELA #educoach @pmgmcgee.bsky.social
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Ideas to Integrate Poetry Throughout the Year
Megan Kelly wants to integrate poetry across her units all year long. Try some of her ideas in your own ELA, history, science or math classes.
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Megan Kelly wants to integrate poetry across her units all year long. Try some of her ideas in your own ELA, history, science or math classes.
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April 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ideas to Integrate Poetry Throughout the Year
Megan Kelly wants to integrate poetry across her units all year long. Try some of her ideas in your own ELA, history, science or math classes.
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Megan Kelly wants to integrate poetry across her units all year long. Try some of her ideas in your own ELA, history, science or math classes.
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March 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We've just received a review copy of this excellent book. Please let us know if you'd like to review it. Send a note to middleweb.review@gmail.com. We'll mail you a hard copy. #edusky #tlsky #tlskychat @wildmelissahart.bsky.social
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March 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We've just received a review copy of this excellent book. Please let us know if you'd like to review it. Send a note to middleweb.review@gmail.com. We'll mail you a hard copy. #edusky #tlsky #tlskychat @wildmelissahart.bsky.social
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Learn more about the book:
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We've come across SO MANY good things to share today. Here's a TESTING SEASON tip sheet from the must-follow literacy consultant Patty McGee, who has written a lot of great stuff for MiddleWeb. #edusky #iteachEnglish #educoach #literacy @pmgmcgee.bsky.social
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March 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
We've come across SO MANY good things to share today. Here's a TESTING SEASON tip sheet from the must-follow literacy consultant Patty McGee, who has written a lot of great stuff for MiddleWeb. #edusky #iteachEnglish #educoach #literacy @pmgmcgee.bsky.social
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February 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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February 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
WE'VE JUST ADDED LOTS OF NEW CHOICES
TO OUR LIST OF BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW!
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ALL THE VOCABULARY HELP YOU'RE LIKELY TO NEED.
Student knowledge of vocabulary counts more than ever, across all the content areas. We've gathered our most helpful articles about the kind of word study that’s time sensitive & sticks in long-term memory. #edusky
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Student knowledge of vocabulary counts more than ever, across all the content areas. We've gathered our most helpful articles about the kind of word study that’s time sensitive & sticks in long-term memory. #edusky
www.middleweb.com/27113/all-th...
February 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
ALL THE VOCABULARY HELP YOU'RE LIKELY TO NEED.
Student knowledge of vocabulary counts more than ever, across all the content areas. We've gathered our most helpful articles about the kind of word study that’s time sensitive & sticks in long-term memory. #edusky
www.middleweb.com/27113/all-th...
Student knowledge of vocabulary counts more than ever, across all the content areas. We've gathered our most helpful articles about the kind of word study that’s time sensitive & sticks in long-term memory. #edusky
www.middleweb.com/27113/all-th...
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January 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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MiddleWeb is pleased to be the co-publisher of STEM By Design: Tools and Strategies to Help Students in Grades 4-8 Solve Real World Problems, by Anne Jolly. Visit the website supporting this new Second Edition & browse the many free resources. #edusky #STEM #iteachscience
www.stem-by-design.com
www.stem-by-design.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
MiddleWeb is pleased to be the co-publisher of STEM By Design: Tools and Strategies to Help Students in Grades 4-8 Solve Real World Problems, by Anne Jolly. Visit the website supporting this new Second Edition & browse the many free resources. #edusky #STEM #iteachscience
www.stem-by-design.com
www.stem-by-design.com
We're excited to announce STEM By Design: Tools and Strategies to Help Students in Grades 4–8 Solve Real-World Problems. It's the 2nd Edition of Anne Jolly's bestseller – completely updated, awesome, and on sale. #edusky #STEM #WomenInSTEM @ajollygal.bsky.social
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December 16, 2024 at 5:21 PM
We're excited to announce STEM By Design: Tools and Strategies to Help Students in Grades 4–8 Solve Real-World Problems. It's the 2nd Edition of Anne Jolly's bestseller – completely updated, awesome, and on sale. #edusky #STEM #WomenInSTEM @ajollygal.bsky.social
www.routledge.com/STEM-by-Desi...
www.routledge.com/STEM-by-Desi...
REVIEW: ENGAGEMENT IDEAS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL AND ALL YEAR LONG.
The sound teaching ideas in Hernandez’s 50 Strategies for Summer School Engagement can and should be used throughout the academic year, says Michael McLaughlin, who shares three! #edusky #teachersky
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December 6, 2024 at 12:06 AM
REVIEW: ENGAGEMENT IDEAS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL AND ALL YEAR LONG.
The sound teaching ideas in Hernandez’s 50 Strategies for Summer School Engagement can and should be used throughout the academic year, says Michael McLaughlin, who shares three! #edusky #teachersky
www.middleweb.com/51583/engage...
MWSUBSTACK #24: INNOVATIVE TEACHING
Our substack is a twice-monthly, topical, five-minute read for middle grades educators (4-8). Challenge yourself to try something new with this cross-curricular collection of articles from the MiddleWeb archives.
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Our substack is a twice-monthly, topical, five-minute read for middle grades educators (4-8). Challenge yourself to try something new with this cross-curricular collection of articles from the MiddleWeb archives.
middleweb.substack.com/p/mwsubstack...
December 4, 2024 at 4:59 PM
MWSUBSTACK #24: INNOVATIVE TEACHING
Our substack is a twice-monthly, topical, five-minute read for middle grades educators (4-8). Challenge yourself to try something new with this cross-curricular collection of articles from the MiddleWeb archives.
middleweb.substack.com/p/mwsubstack...
Our substack is a twice-monthly, topical, five-minute read for middle grades educators (4-8). Challenge yourself to try something new with this cross-curricular collection of articles from the MiddleWeb archives.
middleweb.substack.com/p/mwsubstack...
NEW POST: How Am I Reacting to the Text I’m Consuming?
Helping students identify & manage their emotions as they interact with texts helps them become effective thinkers and citizens, writes author and NBCT Marilyn Pryle. @mpryle.bsky.social #edusky #iteachEnglish
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Helping students identify & manage their emotions as they interact with texts helps them become effective thinkers and citizens, writes author and NBCT Marilyn Pryle. @mpryle.bsky.social #edusky #iteachEnglish
www.middleweb.com/51594/how-am...
December 3, 2024 at 7:54 PM
NEW POST: How Am I Reacting to the Text I’m Consuming?
Helping students identify & manage their emotions as they interact with texts helps them become effective thinkers and citizens, writes author and NBCT Marilyn Pryle. @mpryle.bsky.social #edusky #iteachEnglish
www.middleweb.com/51594/how-am...
Helping students identify & manage their emotions as they interact with texts helps them become effective thinkers and citizens, writes author and NBCT Marilyn Pryle. @mpryle.bsky.social #edusky #iteachEnglish
www.middleweb.com/51594/how-am...
NEW: UNLOCK ACADEMIC WRITING ONE SENTENCE AT A TIME.
Tan Huynh advocates teaching multilingual learners at the sentence level because it can facilitate understanding of content and foster academic writing skills. #edusky #ellchat #ELLs @larryferlazzo.bsky.social
www.middleweb.com/51589/unlock...
Tan Huynh advocates teaching multilingual learners at the sentence level because it can facilitate understanding of content and foster academic writing skills. #edusky #ellchat #ELLs @larryferlazzo.bsky.social
www.middleweb.com/51589/unlock...
December 1, 2024 at 7:44 PM
NEW: UNLOCK ACADEMIC WRITING ONE SENTENCE AT A TIME.
Tan Huynh advocates teaching multilingual learners at the sentence level because it can facilitate understanding of content and foster academic writing skills. #edusky #ellchat #ELLs @larryferlazzo.bsky.social
www.middleweb.com/51589/unlock...
Tan Huynh advocates teaching multilingual learners at the sentence level because it can facilitate understanding of content and foster academic writing skills. #edusky #ellchat #ELLs @larryferlazzo.bsky.social
www.middleweb.com/51589/unlock...
STUDENT WRITING: Blurring the Fiction/Nonfiction Lines.
Stephanie Farley shows how she blends elements of fiction and nonfiction to help students conceptualize and improve their writing in English and social studies. #edusky #iteachEnglish #iteachsocialstudies
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Stephanie Farley shows how she blends elements of fiction and nonfiction to help students conceptualize and improve their writing in English and social studies. #edusky #iteachEnglish #iteachsocialstudies
www.middleweb.com/51537/writin...
November 21, 2024 at 3:30 PM
STUDENT WRITING: Blurring the Fiction/Nonfiction Lines.
Stephanie Farley shows how she blends elements of fiction and nonfiction to help students conceptualize and improve their writing in English and social studies. #edusky #iteachEnglish #iteachsocialstudies
www.middleweb.com/51537/writin...
Stephanie Farley shows how she blends elements of fiction and nonfiction to help students conceptualize and improve their writing in English and social studies. #edusky #iteachEnglish #iteachsocialstudies
www.middleweb.com/51537/writin...
REVIEW: Empowering Students to Own Their Learning
In "Heroes Within" Aaron Hansen provides a vision and guidance for a student centered approach to learning, backed by practical strategies and real-world examples, writes teacher Melinda Stewart.
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In "Heroes Within" Aaron Hansen provides a vision and guidance for a student centered approach to learning, backed by practical strategies and real-world examples, writes teacher Melinda Stewart.
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November 15, 2024 at 5:32 PM
REVIEW: Empowering Students to Own Their Learning
In "Heroes Within" Aaron Hansen provides a vision and guidance for a student centered approach to learning, backed by practical strategies and real-world examples, writes teacher Melinda Stewart.
www.middleweb.com/51510/empowe...
In "Heroes Within" Aaron Hansen provides a vision and guidance for a student centered approach to learning, backed by practical strategies and real-world examples, writes teacher Melinda Stewart.
www.middleweb.com/51510/empowe...
AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW:
A Sentence a Day: Short, Playful Proofreading Exercises to Help Students Avoid Tripping Up When They Write. Grades 6-9 (Samantha Prust). Routledge/PrufrockPress, 2025. 2nd Ed.
Visit our current available books list for the "how to"
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#edusky #iteachEnglish
A Sentence a Day: Short, Playful Proofreading Exercises to Help Students Avoid Tripping Up When They Write. Grades 6-9 (Samantha Prust). Routledge/PrufrockPress, 2025. 2nd Ed.
Visit our current available books list for the "how to"
tinyurl.com/3dru6ymz
#edusky #iteachEnglish
November 13, 2024 at 1:56 PM
AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW:
A Sentence a Day: Short, Playful Proofreading Exercises to Help Students Avoid Tripping Up When They Write. Grades 6-9 (Samantha Prust). Routledge/PrufrockPress, 2025. 2nd Ed.
Visit our current available books list for the "how to"
tinyurl.com/3dru6ymz
#edusky #iteachEnglish
A Sentence a Day: Short, Playful Proofreading Exercises to Help Students Avoid Tripping Up When They Write. Grades 6-9 (Samantha Prust). Routledge/PrufrockPress, 2025. 2nd Ed.
Visit our current available books list for the "how to"
tinyurl.com/3dru6ymz
#edusky #iteachEnglish
MIDDLEWEB SUBSTACK 022: Feedback. Rubrics.
It’s our way of keeping our most popular and influential articles in the spotlight. When you subscribe, you’ll receive our biweekly MiddleWeb Substack topical email newsletter and gain access to past issues. Learn more!
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It’s our way of keeping our most popular and influential articles in the spotlight. When you subscribe, you’ll receive our biweekly MiddleWeb Substack topical email newsletter and gain access to past issues. Learn more!
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November 10, 2024 at 10:28 PM
MIDDLEWEB SUBSTACK 022: Feedback. Rubrics.
It’s our way of keeping our most popular and influential articles in the spotlight. When you subscribe, you’ll receive our biweekly MiddleWeb Substack topical email newsletter and gain access to past issues. Learn more!
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It’s our way of keeping our most popular and influential articles in the spotlight. When you subscribe, you’ll receive our biweekly MiddleWeb Substack topical email newsletter and gain access to past issues. Learn more!
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OUR LATEST MiddleWeb Substack (005) highlights two popular topics: Vocabulary and Listening Skills. #edusky
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February 8, 2024 at 7:28 PM
OUR LATEST MiddleWeb Substack (005) highlights two popular topics: Vocabulary and Listening Skills. #edusky
middleweb.substack.com/archive
middleweb.substack.com/archive
3 Shifts Can Invigorate Our Grammar Instruction.
Three simple yet powerful changes in grammar instruction can make a big difference in how students use grammar as a creative tool to help shape their writing, says teaching coach Patty McGee. #Edu
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Three simple yet powerful changes in grammar instruction can make a big difference in how students use grammar as a creative tool to help shape their writing, says teaching coach Patty McGee. #Edu
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November 9, 2023 at 7:54 PM
3 Shifts Can Invigorate Our Grammar Instruction.
Three simple yet powerful changes in grammar instruction can make a big difference in how students use grammar as a creative tool to help shape their writing, says teaching coach Patty McGee. #Edu
www.middleweb.com/49842/3-shif...
Three simple yet powerful changes in grammar instruction can make a big difference in how students use grammar as a creative tool to help shape their writing, says teaching coach Patty McGee. #Edu
www.middleweb.com/49842/3-shif...
REVIEW: A Playbook for Student, Teacher and Community Well-Being.
Grounded in research and real-world situations, The Social-Emotional Learning Playbook supports the social-emotional growth in you, your students & your community, writes educator Anne Anderson.
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Grounded in research and real-world situations, The Social-Emotional Learning Playbook supports the social-emotional growth in you, your students & your community, writes educator Anne Anderson.
www.middleweb.com/49836/a-play...
November 9, 2023 at 7:33 PM
REVIEW: A Playbook for Student, Teacher and Community Well-Being.
Grounded in research and real-world situations, The Social-Emotional Learning Playbook supports the social-emotional growth in you, your students & your community, writes educator Anne Anderson.
www.middleweb.com/49836/a-play...
Grounded in research and real-world situations, The Social-Emotional Learning Playbook supports the social-emotional growth in you, your students & your community, writes educator Anne Anderson.
www.middleweb.com/49836/a-play...