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Category: Northside Middle School

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Let’s Get Visual

March 30, 2016 by mmblankenber

Visual Cue Cards Enhance Classroom Management This summer, I attended a conference on appealing to special needs students.  There were many strategies presented about adding more visual elements to your […]

Posted in 2016 Showcase, English/language arts, Instructional, Jr. High/High School, Northside Middle School
Tagged in Assessment, Group work, Hands On, Learning Styles

Ultimate Frisbee as Civic Engagement

February 11, 2016 by mmblankenber

Playing Ultimate Frisbee Helps Enhance Communication Skills The Ultimate Frisbee Club at Northside Middle School was created after students showed an interest in playing the sport. However, it was selected […]

Posted in 2016 Showcase, Community, Jr. High/High School, Northside Middle School, Physical Education
Tagged in After school activity

Intervention for All: Encouraging Growth of Language Arts Mastery

April 27, 2015 by mmblankenber

English Enrichment Program Allows Students the Opportunity to Experience in Depth Exploration of Class Standards At Northside Middle School, we knew a key component to achieving success in the mastery […]

Posted in 2015 Showcase, English/language arts, Instructional, Jr. High/High School, Northside Middle School, Reading, Writing
Tagged in Cross-Curricular, Learning Styles

7th Grade Honors Capstone Project

April 27, 2015 by mmblankenber

Students are Given a Chance to Make the Community Better An inquiry-based investigation based on the idea, “Any community has the potential to grow, to serve better its members, become […]

Posted in 2015 Showcase, Instructional, Jr. High/High School, Northside Middle School
Tagged in Community Outreach, Hands On, Inquiry-Based learning

Engaging At-Risk Students for Complex Learning

April 22, 2015 by omave

Training Staff to Respond to the Mental States of At-Risk Students Leads to Increased Academic Performance At-Risk students have faced challenges in education over time, but with the progression into […]

Posted in 2015 Showcase, Instructional, Jr. High/High School, Northside Middle School, Professional Development

Cultural Literacy in English Enrichment

April 13, 2015 by mmblankenber

Enrichment Course Enhances Students Knowledge of Cultural Experiences The English Enrichment courses at Muncie Community Schools were designed to provide students with extra exposure and practice in key English/Language Arts skills. As […]

Posted in 2015 Showcase, English/language arts, Instructional, Jr. High/High School, Literature, Northside Middle School
Tagged in Culture, Enrichment, Teaching Methods

Success

August 8, 2014 by ssbeaty

Remediation, Maintenance, and Enrichment Period Helps Students Achieve Success We offer a Success period at the beginning of each day. Our periods are tiered into three levels for both math […]

Posted in 2014 Showcase, English/language arts, Math, Northside Middle School, Reading
Tagged in Assessment, Cross-Curricular, Enrichment

Constructing a Constructed Response

July 31, 2014 by ssbeaty

School-wide Initiative Helps to Improve Student Writing Northside Middle School implemented a school-wide initiative to improve student writing on extended and constructive response questions. We implemented a formula for all […]

Posted in 2014 Showcase, Instructional, Northside Middle School, Writing
Tagged in Writing

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