Middle School Café – Strategies & Support for Middle School ELA Teachers
Are you a middle school ELA teacher looking for practical, proven strategies to help your students grow as confident readers and writers? Middle School Café is your go-to podcast for engaging teaching ideas, classroom-tested tools, and real talk about what works in today’s ELA classroom.
Each episode delivers actionable tips to help you close reading gaps, build student ownership, and create a classroom culture where literacy thrives. Whether you're navigating a curriculum, supporting struggling readers, or just looking for fresh ways to inspire your students, you'll find support, strategy, and a sense of community right here.
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Middle School Café – Strategies & Support for Middle School ELA Teachers
Motivating Readers: Teaching in the Post Pandemic Era [Ep. 25}
Teaching has significantly changed in the past few years! Students returned to the classroom with large learning gaps and teachers are left to pick up the pieces. The traditional methods of teaching are no longer as effective as they once were, and teachers are struggling to find ways to motivate students to engage. To help address these issues, I’ve written a book titled Motivating Readers: Teaching in the Post Pandemic Era.
In this episode, I share insights into the origin of the book and what teachers will find inside. The book offers practical strategies and techniques for creating a culture of reading and motivating students to re-engage in the learning process. I share in this episode how I needed to change my mindset and realize that some students really couldn’t do what I was asking them to do.
The book is divided into 6 Chapters:
- Chapter 1 - A Shift in Education
- Chapter 2 - Creating a Culture of Reading
- Chapter 3 - Reigniting the Spark
- Chapter 4 - Motivation through Goal Setting
- Chapter 5 - Using Technology to Enhance Learning
- Chapter 6 - A Look to the Future
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