When I was in first grade, we were assigned new seats one day and Mrs. Edwards placed me next to Michael.  Michael had had polio, so he wore...

  Teachers and students can be helped by using the RACE writing strategy to produce high-quality responses to questions with solid text-depe...

True confessions: this time of year was the hardest for me as a teacher.  I was tired of the grey, cloudy days in March, it felt like spring...

  Did you ever think you knew what your kids could do and they surprised you?  That happens to all of us at times and you're probably pl...

Last week I blogged about creating a March Madness Book Tournament for your students.  It's a great way to get them reading, talking, an...