2023 | Mentoring in the Middle
Raise your hand if you've brought your teacher bag home for the weekend loaded with papers to grade, and it lived in your car all weeken...
"I don't know what that word meant so I just skipped over it." "Can you pronounce it?   Nope?   Okay, how about any hints...
It looks like there's a horrible storm.  Maybe a hurricane knocked down that house.  I can't figure out what that man is carrying on...
This is such a good book that you can blend it with Science or Social Studies and Reading!  It's perfect if you do any studies on outer ...
If you haven't introduced your students to Pony by R. J. Palacio yet, you really need to!  It's one of the best novel studies for 5t...
It's hard to get students to pay attention to spelling and grammar when there's so much else going on in their lives, isn't it? ...
When I sent my middle child off to half-day kindergarten, she came home the first few days and fell asleep on the couch.  Her little body wa...
  Fifth-grade teacher:  I asked for this student to be in your class because he says he doesn't like to read.  I just think he hasn'...
  Your students *sort of* know the different text structures, right?  They might even be able to remember 1 or 2 of them.   But do they real...
   You've got to love the optimistic spirit of 6th graders! In the histories of the countries they created, almost no one has a military...
A head's up:  This blog post has links to nonfiction resources and it's chock-full of information!  All the reasons to read nonficti...
  It might be scary to try.  But honestly, it's not that hard to do as long as you have systems in place. Kids love having choices.  The...
Two things.... and Each of these resources is just $1 today and tomorrow!  Click on the pictures to take a closer look.
 " The first time I was stoned to death by an angry mob, I was not even a criminal." Teacher friends, what are we to do with a sen...
Have you ever encountered grumbling from students that sounds like, "Why do we have to learn about this?  We're never going to use ...