Mentoring in the Middle
I hate making seating charts.  It's. My. Least. Favorite. Thing. To. Do. I hate it even more than reading and grading common unit as...
There are 30 days left until Christmas.  What?!  Just typing that is making me freak a little. The holiday season is upon us, and Cy...
Did you know that Pinterest is the third most searched site on the internet, behind Google and Youtube?  That's a lot of people clicki...
I've been listening to some podcasts on my way to and from work lately - Simple Pin, Go-Getters, and Monica Froese - and I've lea...
By the time you get to November, hopefully you've got students reading away!  But sometimes you need to provide a little more incenti...
A lot of teachers don't like to teach writing.  It can be overwhelming to think about how to merge grammar and conventions without tak...
But first, a word....these are my thoughts about fostering a love of reading. Not killing it. I recently received a complementary comm...