Everyone has their own opinions about Project-based learning.  I loved it, but I had many respected colleagues who wouldn't touch it ...

"Can we sit around the room?" was a frequently asked question in my class.  My rule was simple: if I saw that they couldn't ha...

 In January, I blogged about ways to make the study of ancient civilizations fun.  I included some things I did in my classroom, and a few t...

There are lots of good reasons to get your students involved in a March Madness Reading Challenge.  I'm giving you three because I want ...

Stealing is bad. Yeah. I know. But my brother Levi is always so sick, and his medicine is always so expensive. I didn’t think anyone would n...

Studying about Mars can happen in Reading or in Science, and blending them together makes my heart happy!   Because, blending subjects.... ...

  I know.  You're hanging on as best you can.  Doors are being decorated, kids are decorating themselves, and you don't want to be *...

"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'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? ...

  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...

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...

Have you ever encountered grumbling from students that sounds like, "Why do we have to learn about this?  We're never going to use ...

I have a thought! I remember hoping at this time of the year when I was in the classroom, that I'd have more energy, the days being long...

   I was never a fan of giving up the structure of the school year once state testing was over.  That didn't mean we didn't have fun...