«There are common standards, but how we get there might be different from teacher to teacher and student to student,» says Koop,
a seventh grade language arts teacher at Woodland.
Mr. Russo is an enterprising teacher in Medina, Ohio who designs a filmmaking project for
his seventh grade language arts students every year.
Not exact matches
In Cheryl Harris»
seventh -
grade language arts classroom, there is comfort, safety, and space for risk.
Editor's note: This post is co-authored by Cheryl Harris, a
seventh -
grade language arts teacher at Albemarle County Public Schools.
Meghan Rosa, a UPCS
seventh - and eighth -
grade English
language arts teacher, has her students share their low - stakes writing homework at the beginning of each class.
«We send home a calendar at the beginning of the six - week
grading period with all major tests and projects listed for all academic subjects,» said Sharon Lynch, a
seventh -
grade language arts teacher at the school.
Prather teaches eighth
grade language arts, eighth
grade practical living, and an enrichment class for
seventh and eighth graders at Silver Grove Independent School in Kentucky.
«Not all students are going to connect with me, and I'm not going to connect with all students, but there are always community members with different personalities that my students can connect with,» says Sarah Segal, a Hood River
seventh -
grade English
language arts, literacy, and social studies teacher.
Adam Smith, a Hood River sixth -
grade math, science, and
language arts teacher, came across a video online called «Hello Kitty Goes to Space,» showing a
seventh -
grade student launching a high - altitude weather balloon into the atmosphere and capturing data while in flight.
Top Teacher Ties History to Current Events By tying the lessons of history to the issues of the day, Deirdra Grode, a
seventh - and eighth -
grade social studies and
language arts teacher at Hoboken Charter School in Hoboken, New Jersey, is teaching her students to be analytical and socially aware.
Joy Kirr (@joykirr) teaches
seventh grade English
language arts in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and blogs at My Own Genius Hour.
A
seventh -
grade language arts teacher wrote, «Students demonstrated a higher level of understanding.
«It was very different from what I was used to teaching in the past,» says Melissa Henderson, a
seventh and eighth
grade language arts teacher at Woodland.
Seventh grade will feature science sleuths, technology integration with math enrichment classes and weaving poetry in a sixth
grade language arts lesson.
For
seventh -
grade language arts teacher Brenda Olszewski, Thomas Johnson's recognition shows that everyone «is on equal ground» — a philosophy she puts into practice in her classroom every day.
Ted Christensen, 47, a
seventh -
grade English
language arts teacher who has taught at Valor Middle Academy for six years and has been a teacher for 18 years, said the evaluations he gets during classroom observations make him feel valued.
For the past four years, Emilio has taught
seventh and eighth
grade history and eighth
grade language arts at the Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, where he also designed a middle school ethnic studies curriculum.
She has taught
seventh and eighth
grade English /
language arts / social studies at Fairhaven Middle School, Bellingham, WA, for the past 12 years.
In
grades seven through twelve, the following courses «should be offered: English, social sciences; foreign
languages (starting no later than
seventh grade); physical education; science; mathematics; visual and performing
arts; applied
arts; career technical education; automobile driver education; and other studies that may be prescribed by the governing board.»
Taught
Seventh and Eighth
grade language arts education classes plus Eighth
grade religion classes with an average of 25 students.