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Explore these vocabulary instruction tips. Middleweb has compiled and curated these links and tips to help middle school teachers boost vocabulary instruction in their classroom.
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Understand more about the ongoing debate about effective reading instruction. Marget Goldberg for Reading Rockets makes a case, using research and data, that teaching reading using the “simple method” is the most effective methodology for reading instruction.
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Learn to recognize the signs of dyslexia. This KQED article, the second installment in a series about dyslexia, explains how teachers can recognize the signs of dyslexia including students who are English language learners.
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Explore these Improving Literacy Briefs from the National Center on Improving Literacy. These quick summaries of the current research and helpful infographics explain complex concepts and ideas related to literacy.
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By Avery McNiff Upon hearing that Massachusetts schools would remain closed beyond April 6th, I scrambled to recreate some semblance of a classroom in my home. I ordered a whiteboard, easel, Time Timer, math cubes, dry erase pockets, and a printer. When the items arrived, I excitedly set up my space as I do at
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Learn effective ways to create community in a virtual classroom. Edutopia offers suggestions on how to help teachers connect with their students and help them get to know each other in a remote setting.
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Debunk common dyslexia myths. The Gaab Lab out of Children’s Hospital Boston takes 31 popular misconceptions about dyslexia and learning and uses research to show why these ideas are incorrect. The page also provides links to the latest research on the topic of learning and dyslexia.
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Understand the importance of creating meaningful learning experiences online. Edsurge outlines three common mistakes that are made in the virtual classroom and gives tips on how to make this new, often challenging, learning environment engaging and purposeful.
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The 2020 summer reading list was created by our high school librarian, Amy Veling, and inspired by the work of and conversations with Landmark’s Diversity and Inclusion Advocates, a group of faculty on campus that strives to recognize racial and cultural inequality and to help make sure that the school community embraces diversity and is
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