Mentoring in the Middle
Almost a month into distance learning and I'm still learning what my students can and can't do.  Last week, I found myself like this...
"I finished my book and I don't have anything else good to read."  "I don't know what to read next." Now that...
Are you feeling like this with distance learning? Only there are so many "things" that you don't know where to turn? U...
Have you been using Zoom this week to talk with your colleagues and your students?  I know I have, to the point where I realize that some da...
Teachers are pretty darn amazing! For most of us, Friday, March 13th was a pretty normal morning.  Well, except that it was Friday the 1...
I could see it in their eyes.  Yeah, Johannes Gutenberg created the movable type printing press.  So what?  We have internet, yawn. How ...
"...but words can never hurt me." What happens when you get a bad review for a product you've posted on TeachersPayTeacher...
Teaching is hard!  The emotional and physical toll on teachers is exhausting and often demoralizing. But sometimes, I wonder if my attit...
Hey friends,  This is going to seem ridiculously contradictory.  A white woman recommends three diverse books without having read a sin...
Do your students love the fast-paced energy of Mr. Lemoncello's Library books?  Put this newer series, Book Scavenger , by Jennifer Ch...
Students love to write creatively, and my students are especially caught up right now writing narratives with lots of twists and turns. ...
Fans of Percy Jackson will be happy with the  Rick Riordan Presents  series. Written about underrepresented cultures in literature, these...
Middle School and High School teachers:  this is one of my favorite books.  I could not put it down! This book fictionalizes a real ev...