Getting to Know You Activities for Building Classroom Relationships
Free ideas to build relationships with your students to increase engagement and motivation in your grade 4 5 6 classroom.
4 Essential Lab Safety Activities for Middle School Science
Grab these FREE lab safety activities to use in your grade 5 6 7 science classroom to engage and motivate your students.
Strategies to Motivate Reluctant Readers
Grab these independent reading strategies to help motivate reluctant readers in your grades 5 6 7 classes.
Five Reasons to Color in Your Middle School Classroom
5 reasons to color in middle school. Preteen and teenagers need a break from technology to retain information and learn different ways to take notes.
Making Independent Reading More Meaningful to Your Students
Assess fiction and nonfiction reading skills using these tips and strategies. Plus a free choice menu to get started in your grade 4 5 6 classroom today!
21 Contemporary Young Adult Titles for the Secondary Classroom
Check out this list of middle school books. Your young readers will be inspired by the novels and motivated to devour more books in your classroom.
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I started this site to help upper elementary teachers love science as much as I do and find easy, adaptable techniques to bring scientific concepts into students’ hands. Teaching science can be tough. You don’t have the necessary tools, confidence, resources, or budget to bring your students’