Tip:  Teaching Main Idea and Detail strategies should be simple in upper elementary or middle school, right?  It will be if you grab this ...

"I hated it when you made me read last year.  But then, when we went to remote learning in the spring and over the summer, I got bored ...

K.A. Holt, author of House Arrest, Knockout, and  Rhyme Schemer has written a book that needs to be read.  She says it was a love letter to ...

  Your students don't know what hit them.  They've heard stories and rumors and wonderings.  How long will you be in school/remote/h...

  "H e says he hates to read, but I know you'll change his mind."   "I asked for her to be in your class because you'...

The woman in the video was screaming, emotional, passionate.  I couldn't take my eyes off of her as she frustratedly explained why #Blac...

Whether you are in your classroom with strategically placed desks or teaching remotely this Fall, a tool you're going to want to take ad...

If you're an upper elementary or middle school teacher, you've most likely heard of Alan Gratz, the author of Refugee, Grenade, Proj...

It's summer and your kids say they don't want to read.  "Reading is boring.  I did that at school!  I want to take a break!&quo...

I came across a reading game the other day that I had to try with my students.  It came from an article by The Book Sommelier about playi...

After finishing Wishtree  by Katherine Applegate, I've already decided that I'll start next year with this as my read-aloud.  The...

You've seen it before.  A student - okay - maybe a couple of students - look at you with that wide-eyed-deer-in-headlights look and sa...

Where does this author come up with all of his crazy-wonderful ideas?  From The Honest Truth  to Some Kind of Courage  to Scar Island (whi...

How do you accommodate the needs of many different learners in your ELA class?  This year, there seems to be a greater distance between my s...