Not only is this resource full of articles that help teachers of all content areas expand their curriculum and teaching materials, but it is also allows teachers to get involved in supporting one another in the work field. Association for Middle Level Education is a membership organization specifically specializing in helping grow Middle School teachers into teachers who are there for their students and their schools. I specifically found an article written by one of the members that wrote about connecting math and literacy. It states an approach to doing this would be the AP Five-Step Process that involves using prior knowledge, explanatory texts, range of writing, text types and purposes connecting math lessons to an english lessons. It goes through how a teacher would use this process to teach a basic math lesson, but getting down onto a students' level of understanding.
I discovered through the article that this association is more than resourceful tips and strategies for teachers, but also a membership level association. By becoming a member, you are able to write articles full of your own ideas for the association, just be a regular member, and/or serve on one of the various committees they offer. The best part is the membership is free. I believe this can be a great resource for all middle school teachers because the association focuses solely on Middle School teachers and those students. Another great resource to joining this organization is that they have a conference once a year just for Middle School educators where there are over 300 sessions that are geared straight to middle school teachers full of opportunities and information that can then be taken back into the classroom! Overall, AMLE is full of resources for all middle school teachers specifically, so check it out!!
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