Here are four novels that I think are worth considering for your upper elementary and middle school students.  I read them a few years ago a...

Here are two phrases I don't like:  "It is what it is" and "That's just how I am."  Why don't I like them?  ...

  "Are we writing today?"   "No, not today.  We write on Fridays, remember? {Insert sad face} How many times do your students...

Hi, my name is Mikey and I'm going to tell you my story.... Does that make your hair stand on end?  I cringe inside when I see upper ...

I could see it in their eyes.  Yeah, Johannes Gutenberg created the movable type printing press.   So what?   Don't you know we have int...