Teaching 6th grade

Tips and strategies for anyone teaching 6th grade has to see before stepping foot in the classroom again.

Are you moving to a new grade level? Have you always taught younger primary grades (kindergarten, first, second) and are overwhelmed with the idea of moving to third, fourth, fifth or sixth grades? Changing to teach upper elementary has so many unexpected benefits and challenges. Check out the BEST tips for making the leap from primary to upper elementary and middle school and how to set up your new classroom.

The 9 things I needed for my 3rd grade classroom - or else I wouldn't have survived the school year! Before going back to school I always made sure I had these 9 things, especially number 2! 1h

All things 6th grade: self-contained elementary and middle school models. Blog posts and products for management, classroom hacks, and all subject areas. Please pin high quality, vertical pins only - relevant blog posts and products.

Are you looking for a way to keep your 6th grade math students engaged in taking math notes? Try math doodle wheels for 6th grade math instruction! Your 6th graders can explore math easily, collaborate, and be creative to learn the skill! Read about using math wheels in your 6th grade classroom in this post.

Try these 4 creative teaching ideas for middle school math task cards. These math problems make learing more fun and engaging than a traditional middle school math worksheet. Whether you teach 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, or 8th grade math, these task card ideas are a perfect fit for the classroom.

Loving Language Arts: My Rule #1 for Teaching Middle School

Find out what an actual ELA class looks like in fifth grade. This is a detailed look into my classroom and our routines.

Free printable 6th grade minimalist math curriculum that covers the same breadth of difficulty and variety of problems without all the repetition.

Point of View Anchor Chart from my 6th grade classroom :-)

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If you are on the hunt for bell ringers for 6th-grade history to activate and assess student learning, then you have come to the right place!

Need ideas for icebreakers and activities that fifth or sixth graders would enjoy? Read from a 5th grade teacher about her first day of school that worked well!

So, are you itching for winter break to get here or what?!? I am drowning here, people! Between report cards, conferences (for my students and my own kids!), shopping, baking, parties, wrapping... DROWNING!Don't get me

Find some great tips, strategies, and resources for implementing Daily 5 into an upper elementary or middle school classroom!

Teaching middle school students is so odd. These are the ten things teachers in training are never told before they teach jr high students! #middleschool #teacher

This post breaks down how I teach math in 5th grade and how my weekly instruction is structured, including the math resources needed.

In math, dividing fractions is the process of figuring out how many times one fraction fits into another. You can multiply fractions using the “keep-change-flip” method, where you multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction, then simplify to find the quotient.