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...

If you use Schoology as a platform at your school, you know that there are many things you can do with it.  In my previous blog post, I sh...

Tomorrow starts the last sale of this school year and once again, my products on TeachersPayTeachers are on sale for 20% off.  If you use...

If you use Schoology as a platform at your school, you know that there are many things you can do with it.  In my previous blog post, I ...

As much as you might downplay state testing, you probably notice that as you get closer to the date, some of your students seem a little m...

If you use Schoology as a platform at your school, you know that there are many things you can do with it.  It's a great platform fo...

Do you feel like your students no longer notice spelling and grammatical mistakes in their work?  Sometimes it feels like students have l...

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

I love winter.  I love snow and the way it magically coats the earth.  I especially love when it stops the world for a while, and as a tea...

You've seen it before.  A student - okay - maybe a couple of students - look at you with that wide-eyed-deer-in-headlights look and sa...

It's 2019. Aren't we beyond this?  Why is our study of African-Americans limited to one month?  Why not introduce our stude...

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...

Historical fiction is sometimes a tough sell for upper elementary students.  It's not that they don't like the ideas, it'...