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Melissa Castillo

Welcome!

Hi there! I'm Melissa, and this is Straight Outta Class, an educational blog designed to help busy teachers just like you SUCCEED! 

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I share teaching tips, ideas, and resources to help you take back your time and achieve a work/life balance that you deserve.

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About me:

Content creator · Teacher Mentor · Adult Boy Mom · Wife · Honey to grand babies · Dog Mom · BFF · Coffee and Wine Lover · Queso connoisseur · World Traveler

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Self-Grading
Skills Practice!

LOW PREP daily middle school ELA skills practice that targets four standards (grammar, reading, writing, and vocabulary) and allows you to FINALLY give your students the practice they need during morning work, small groups, or daily assignments delivered in Google Forms. Self-grading options are built in for the objective skills allowing you to take back your time!

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This resource is fantastic. I love the ease of having Google Forms grade the work and I have seen a remarkable improvement in all my students-regardless of levels of understanding. This is easily edited to fit your class/students' needs and allows the teacher to create additional questions. Thank you!

Teaching Tips and Ideas

Teaching Tips and Ideas

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