Graphic organizers are a staple of every elementary and middle school classroom.  The more in-depth students get with their writing and reading, the more important it is to provide them with tools to organize their thoughts and critical information.  If you are tired of using the same old organizers year after year, take a look
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Idea by Gabrielle, 7th Grade Writing Teacher, Saint Rose, LA All great writing stems from a topic that interests the writer. That’s why I encourage my students to choose ideas that are interesting to them. If one of my students wants to write 20 stories about the sport of basketball, so be it!

  Are you searching for ways to motivate your student writers?  No matter what grade or student population you teach, there are ideas for you in the #TeachChat transcript below.  #TeachChat is Really Good Stuff’s Twitter chat that provides teachers with free professional development, community support, and a chance to win product giveaways.  Join us
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Journaling in the classroom is an important way to assess students’ writing and encourage them.  Find out how some of the top teachers on Twitter use journals in their classrooms in the #TeachChat transcript below.  Scroll to the bottom and read up! vmontgomery48 10:00pm via web @ReallyGoodStuff Thank you everyone for the great ideals. #TeachChat
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Be the best with this idea by Helen, a 7th Grade English/Language Arts Teacher, from Keller, TX. I think the best strategy teachers can use is modeling. Case in point: I had a young student who experienced a massive writer’s block. Any time he was asked to write, he’d just shut down. The state writing
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Encouraging middle school students to write is by no means an easy task. The trick, according to intermediate grade teachers, is to engage students’ senses and make the writing process an interactive experience. The ideas below all come from Sixth Grade Teachers who know, first-hand, the challenges of such a task. Their insight and wisdom
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Children’s Poetry Day is on Sunday, March 21st. Some great ideas to get intermediate grade children involved in poetry, and creating their own, come from some of our Really Good teachers. Check out the ideas below to get yourself, and your class, inspired to read and write more poetry! Plant a Poetry Tree by Marlys,
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