Last week I blogged about creating a March Madness Book Tournament for your students and that it's a great way to get them reading, t...

Are you feeling it?  It's that time of the year when kids need a little extra "oomph" to stay focused?  Or maybe you've ...

  " So, we're going to treat the Revolutionary War like a football game, okay?  Because that's what it was like, one team advan...

"Timothy Bunker left Darwin, Australia in 1869 with one thing on his mind, feathers."                                             ...

  The kids you see after Winter break are not the kids you left before the break, right?  That's especially true if you teach 6th grade!...

  Did you ever reread a book and marvel at how well it holds up after (gulp) 59 years?!   I finished A Wrinkle in Time  in December and I wa...

Do you use Google products in your classroom? Google added a new feature last spring and I think it's worth exploring whether you're...