Middle School Teaching Strategies

Teachers of middle school students are working with a wide variety of students and typically, a wide variety of disruptions, as students try and adjust, with various degrees of success, to all the comings and goings of a typical sixth, seventh or eighth grade classroom. Lesson plans need to be flexible and engage and capture students’ attention, and then recapture it, and then recapture it again, and often have to reteach and reinforce in progressive building blocks to ensure mastery of a subject. And it doesn’t hurt if the curriculum incorporates common and popular themes of the moment such as Twilight, Hunger Games and other books, movies and entertainment. With some creativity, determination, and, a good dose of humor, teaching middle school can be a rewarding and fulfilling experience. The lesson plans and teaching ideas at Bright Hub Education are written and vetted by experienced teachers who have faced sixth, seventh and eighth grade classrooms, taught the lesson plans they describe, and lived to tell the tale. They pass on their tips and their strategies to you.

Is Online School Right for My Middle Schooler?

An increasing number of schools are going online. This method may have its advantages, but is it the best choice for kids in middle school grades?

Tips to Help Your Child Focus: Tips for Parents

Whether or not your child has been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, these tips should help your child focus, be healthier, and do better in school.

Are You Teaching Seventh Grade? Review This Collection of Lesson Plans

The middle school years are not easy for students–and they’re not easy for instructors, either. Dealing with all of the hormones, gossip and high expectations people have on the students, it’s not an easy feat. Discover strategies, tips and lessons to get you though teaching the seventh grade.

Resources for Teaching Middle School: Lesson Plans, Tips & Ideas

Teaching middle school can be a daunting task. Students can be demanding, antsy and loving at the same time. As a teacher, you have the opportunity to impact your students at a very important time in their lives. Discover a multitude of resources that can help you do this.

A Resource Guide to Sixth Grade Lesson Plans: 36 Great Ideas

Teaching 6th grade is a special challenge but very rewarding. This is the age where you can start teaching your students more challenging material. Get ideas forming your curriculum with the following lesson plans.

Team building is especially important in health education because the subject matter can be difficult for some to discuss. It promotes healthy self disclosure and social skills while encouraging cooperative learning. This article highlights some great team building games for the health ed classroom.

5 Minute Activities for the Middle School Classroom to Fill in Some Time

You have finished your lesson and there are five minutes left on the clock. What do you do? Don’t waste an opportunity for engaged learning (and allow your students to become restless). Instead, try one of these activities.

Record Keeping for the Middle School Classroom: A Guide for Teachers

For some teachers, record keeping can be quite tedious. However, there are tricks of the trade that teachers use to make their lives easier. This article will give you many tips to aid you in this process.

17 Year-End Activities for Middle School Kids

The last days of school are quickly approaching. You have taught and tested and now it’s time to wrap up your school year. Spend quality time with your students during the last days of school with these fun year-end activities for middle school students.

Teachers' Ideas for Presidents: Three Presentations and Projects Your Class Will Love

Lose the face-buried-in-the-paper oral reports and dull posters or slide shows with these teacher ideas for president presentations. Try having tea with the president or holding a press conference.