Author: Jeremy Hyler

Assessing Reading / Create Compose Connect

12/04/2018

Assess Literacy Skills Without Risk of Readicide

We want to help our students discover the joys of reading, writes 7th grade ELA teacher Jeremy Hyler. We also need to track their progress as readers. Check out some ways that Hyler assesses reading without committing “readicide,” using book websites, trailers and more.

Create Compose Connect / Literature Circles

11/07/2018

Promote Book Talk with Online Literature Circles

Jeremy Hyler found Harvey Daniels’ classic Literature Circles inspiring, but was left wondering how he could get his seventh graders to continue discussing books outside of class with the energy of book club members. Here’s how he took circles online with digital tools.

Create Compose Connect / Improving Student Writing

10/10/2018

Helping Student Writers Learn to Code Switch

If your students have trouble switching back and forth from informal to formal writing – with all the inherent grammar, punctuation and capitalization problems – you’re not alone. Rather than just blame it on technology, Jeremy Hyler is using some tech to fight back.

Create Compose Connect / ELA Digital Tools

09/12/2018

ELA Tech Tools: Choose Two and Dive Deep

Pairing English Language Arts classrooms with appropriate technology can be “down right difficult,” says author and middle grades ELA teacher Jeremy Hyler. He recommends experimenting with no more than two digital tools at a time and shares a pair of his own favorites.

Collaborative Writing / Create Compose Connect

08/15/2018

What Students Gain by Writing Together

There are good reasons to have students do collaborative writing, writes teacher Jeremy Hyler, who uses the strategy in his classes to encourage team brainstorming and to let each students “write to their strengths.” Included: Using mystery puzzles for argument writing.

Create Compose Connect / Student Research Papers

07/09/2018

Making Student Research More Fun and Efficient

It is not easy for students to research today, or to read with a critical eye. Yet these are the very skills they need in an internet-driven world. In a new MiddleWeb column, teacher-author Jeremy Hyler shares tips that can make research writing more fun, effective and efficient.