Middle School Literacy by Glynna Hall

gcate1225 — 2025-05-21 18:54:26 UTC

Anchor Charts are a fantastic tool to utilize in the middle grades literacy classroom! Pinterest is an excellent way share resources with teachers and students. A teacher can easily upload copies of anchor charts for students to refer to while studying at home!

PowerPoint

gcate1225 — 2025-05-21 19:26:19 UTC

PowerPoint can be a highly effective tool in literacy education! When used effectively, it can increase reading comprehension, engagement and support writing skills. This is a writing lesson that I created for a 7th-8th grade ELA class. In this example, I broke down how to create a thesis statement, rebuttal and conclusion sentence using "recipes" and titled it "Thesis Statement Steakhouse." It aided in differentiation and had high engagement from students.

NoRedInk

gcate1225 — 2025-05-21 19:48:21 UTC

NoRedInk is a free, comprehensive writing and grammar platform that is an incredible tool to help struggling writers. A case study was conducted at Shadow Ridge Middle School utilzing NoRedInk and growth on the NWEA map test with over 300 7th grade students. The results showed that "thirty six percent of the students in the study grew by at least two grade levels "(Perez 4). The results speak for themselves with this outstanding website.

Flocabulary

gcate1225 — 2025-05-21 20:44:48 UTC

Flocabulary fosters literacy utilizing hip hop based video lessons to help engage students in learning difficult literacy concepts. Based on "The Word Up Project", a report emphasizing the importance of explicit vocabulary instruction, "Teachers introduce words in an interesting context, provide multiple and varied opportunities for practice understanding and using the words, and encourage students to apply their new understandings in creative ways" (Farr, Conner, Haydel, Monroe 4). In addition to vocabulary, the platform offers lessons in writing, story elements and grammar.

Nearpod

gcate1225 — 2025-05-23 14:36:05 UTC

Nearpod is an interactive technology platform that helps teachers deliver engaging lessons. As a literacy teacher, Nearpod is a fundamental resource engaging students in interactive learning by

Conducting formative assessments, flipping the classroom, facilitating group work or whole-class discussions and differentiating instruction. In short, Nearpod transforms traditional presentations into interactive learning experiences that can boost participation and improve educational outcomes.

Sources

gcate1225 — 2025-05-23 14:56:11 UTC

Farr, R. ED, Conner, J., Ph.D. Haydel, E. M. Kimberly. The Word Up Project. https://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/pdfs/flat/the-word-up-project-research-base.pdf

Perez, C. NoRedInk and the NWEA MAP Language Usage Test
A Case Study at Shadow Ridge Middle School in Colorado

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/static.noredink.com/shadow_ridge_case_study.pdf