"I like Percy Jackson but that's it."   "I don't like myths or fables. “Really?  What if you could write your own? ” ...

  What do you do when you want to recognize Earth Day but you don't have the time to take away from Reading and Writing instruction?  Es...

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

 " I know what an adjective is...but I can't explain it in words."  Upper elementary and middle school teachers quietly sigh. ...

  "So, how would you describe Melody in Out of My Mind?" "Nice." "Persistent." Sigh. Teaching character traits...

  What's the best time of year to introduce genres to your students?  How about during the first weeks of school?   Genre study at the b...

Your students know to come into your classroom and take their seats.  They know to get out their materials, too.  But they've come in fr...

What do you do when a student tells you they don't like to read? Or when they're enthusiastic about reading the books in your room b...

  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...

  I was talking to a teacher friend recently, and she told me a funny story about listening to a first grader lead his class in the Pledge o...

 Where did Dusti Bowling, the author, come up with this tremendously readable idea? Aven was born "unarmed."  At home in Kansas, w...

It's hard to believe that Earth Day is more than 50 years old.  And even harder to admit that I remember the very first one! Do you and ...

This book is growth mindset at its best, with themes like: Failure means you're learning Grit pushes you forward Desperation genera...