Have I ever told you how much I hated reading logs?  When my kids were little and I was supposed to sign them every day (!) I would get an...

  I remember walking into the library with my kids when they were young.  My son was maybe 8 or 9 and he headed right to the nonfiction sect...

The teacher's request on Facebook was what to do for 8th graders who struggled to read any book for more than one class session.   That ...

One of the things I loved to do with my students was blen ded learning.  Certain subjects work so well together. Social Studies and Reading....

Do you spend some of your summer stressing about what and how you'll be teaching certain topics? I did this when I taught Social Studies...

Could they do it?  Did they have it in them to work on this so close to the end of the year? The challenge:   Students take their favorite...

  Are you looking for a good book to keep your students reading?  This Young Readers Edition of Erica Armstrong Dunbar's book tells a li...

  The kids you see after Winter break are not the kids you left before the break, right?  That's especially true if you teach 6th grade!...

  Tip:  There are so many things to like about Dry by Neal Shusterman, and if heart-pounding action is what you're looking for, it's...