Finding the theme of a story is challenging in the same way that the compare half of comparing and contrasting is.  Your students can contra...

Sometimes, tackling a novel in your classroom is just too much—too much work at the moment, too much reading for some students, and too much...

 One autumn night, when the wind was high, And the rain fell in heavy plashes, A little boy sat by the kitchen fire, A-popping corn in the a...

Some students are knowledgeable about climate change.  Others are frightened by it.  You know your students best.  Is there a way to start i...

   "I want to write, I just don't know what to write about."   I wrote about using sentence starters to get kids hooked in thi...