Read my reviews of T he Boy Who Dared and  I am Defiance  and consider pairing them for your avid World War II readers. We were at a restaur...

Crow washes up on an island, just hours old, wrapped in a blanket with a note pinned to her chest. Osh finds her.  Decides to keep her.  E...

"Which would you rather have, a dog or a cat?"  Students start murmuring while I draw a Venn diagram on the board.   "Okay, h...

Your students love talking with you - they'll tell you when their dog had puppies, when their grandparents are coming to visit, and when...

  Tip:  There are so many things to like about Dry by Neal Shusterman, and if heart-pounding action is what you're looking for, it's...

  Tip:  Teaching Main Idea and Detail strategies should be simple in upper elementary or middle school, right?  It will be if you grab this ...

Do you enjoy history?  I get fascinated imagining how people, back in the day, did the things they did with the tools they had.  Do you?  I ...