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'...

Several weeks ago, I wrote about helping students learn the five different styles of nonfiction writing.  This is so helpful for them to u...

A group of teachers and I are each taking two products apiece and putting them on sale on December 30th and 31st.  Click on either of the...