Mrs. Beers Language Arts Classroom Blog
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MrsBeers.com is a collection of my experience as a middle school language arts teacher. I share teaching strategies, classroom ideas, and my product creations to help you find inspiration for your own ELA classroom!
Mrs. Beers Language Arts Classroom Blog
3d ago
State testing is stressful for teachers and overwhelming for students, and the moment it is completed, there is a sense of relief and joy in every school building. There’s so much buildup to testing that it’s easy to forget we have to keep students learning for the last weeks of school. While I always feel ..read more
Mrs. Beers Language Arts Classroom Blog
1w ago
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis is a realistic historical fiction novel your students will love reading. This is one of the first books I created my own novel study unit for, and it has been a staple of my classroom ever since. Here are a few ideas and activities to try with your ..read more
Mrs. Beers Language Arts Classroom Blog
1w ago
Have you read Love That Dog and Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech? If you are an ELA teacher, then you need to add them to your reading list asap! These books have a secret power when it comes to teaching poetry—they make it fun for even the most reluctant poets! Here are a few ..read more
Mrs. Beers Language Arts Classroom
1w ago
One strategy you can try with your reluctant readers in the middle grades is to offer novels with dogs as one of the main characters. I have several posts on here about finding high-interest books for middle school because it is a constant challenge throughout the school year. You can never have a wide enough ..read more
Mrs. Beers Language Arts Classroom Blog
1w ago
I am always looking for ways to enhance my students’ work with spelling and vocabulary. Whether you focus on a weekly spelling list or vocabulary word work, students get bored doing the same tasks each week. For Reading Street, students are expected to complete a word sort, words in a sentence exercise, and a word scramble. ..read more
Mrs. Beers Language Arts Classroom
1M ago
Several years ago, my then 4th grade son came home and unloaded his back pack…lunch box, accordion folder, homework, and library books. I was surprised to find that one of the library books he had chosen was a picture book. It was The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt. I say I was surprised, but ..read more
Mrs. Beers Language Arts Classroom Blog
1M ago
March and basketball go hand-in-hand, and the Boston Celtics are the closest thing you’ll find to a St. Patrick’s Day sports team. This is where the paths of inspiration took me when I went to write a few close reading passages for the month of March. Green was never my favorite color as a kid ..read more
Mrs. Beers Language Arts Classroom
1M ago
Every classroom has it’s own unique range of student proficiency. As ELA teachers, we have to be flexible in our teaching approach and make sure we provide the best-fitting resources for each student. Here are 5 upper elementary resources I use all the time that can easily adjust to the different needs of each student ..read more
Mrs. Beers Language Arts Classroom Blog
2M ago
Middle school reading teachers like me are always on the hunt for resources to motivate students while allowing for differentiated instruction. I find that I am always in need of teaching tools that are engaging and motivating, capable of being used in a literacy center, incorporated into Daily 5 instruction, and can be utilized with ..read more
Mrs. Beers Language Arts Classroom
2M ago
Reader’s Theater is an amazing tool to utilize with students at so many levels. I first discovered it through my daughter’s kindergarten teacher, and it quickly became a staple of my upper elementary reading lessons. At first, I had no idea how to implement it into my classroom with all of the other instructional components ..read more