Teaching 8th Grade ELA Students to Sequence Historical Processes
Teaching 8th grade ELA students to move beyond memorizing dates and names requires a specific approach to reading literacy. By focusing on how historical and civic processes function, educators can help students decode complex texts and identify the logical order of... read more
8th Grade Science Lesson on Reproduction Strategies in Nature
When you are supporting a student in an 8th grade science class who needs to catch up on core concepts, you want material that gets right to the point. The Reproduction Strategies in Nature lesson does exactly that. It focuses on the primary standard, MS-LS1-4, which... read more
Teaching 8th Grade Digital Writing and Organization Skills
By the time students hit mid-semester in 8th grade English Language Arts, they are often buried under research drafts that lack any real structure. When I see students scrolling through four pages of disorganized text, I know it is time to shift focus from drafting to... read more
8th Grade History Lesson on Titans of Industry and Gilded Age
Students often walk into this unit assuming that Gilded Age tycoons were simply greedy people who broke the law to get ahead. While that captures a piece of the public sentiment from the time, it misses the structural reality of the Industrial Revolution. In this 8th... read more