Mentoring in the Middle: reading books
  November.  The point where kids know routines.  For the most part.  And the thrill of being in school has worn off.  For the most part.  S...
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 ...
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...
  " So, we're going to treat the Revolutionary War like a football game, okay?  Because that's what it was like, one team advan...
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...
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...
We all look for ways to keep kids reading, and in the upper elementary and middle school grades, the struggle is real.  Fortnite is hard...