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By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Dec 12, 2023 Books for reluctant middle school readers We all have these students in our ELA classrooms. The students who do not like to read. Kids who…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Sept 30, 2023 Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. As soon as fall hits, I immediately start thinking about Halloween and activities I can incorporate into my…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Nov 28, 2023 Members of the Creative Classroom Core Community already know how passionate I am about teaching novel studies. I truly believe that the novel study is…
Building engagement for your upcoming novel study is a crucially important but daunting task. Creating classroom “buzz” about the new book you are about to read helps to build anticipation…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 10, 2024 Every time I go on social media, I am bombarded by talk of the teacher retention issues going on in our world right now (don’t…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 04, 2024 If you are “on the hunt” (did you see what I did there?) for a super engaging and culturally iconic short story for your middle…