If you haven't introduced your students to Pony by R. J. Palacio yet, you really need to!  It's one of the best novel studies for 5t...

It's hard to get students to pay attention to spelling and grammar when there's so much else going on in their lives, isn't it? ...

When I sent my middle child off to half-day kindergarten, she came home the first few days and fell asleep on the couch.  Her little body wa...

  Fifth-grade teacher:  I asked for this student to be in your class because he says he doesn't like to read.  I just think he hasn'...

  Your students *sort of* know the different text structures, right?  They might even be able to remember 1 or 2 of them.   But do they real...

   You've got to love the optimistic spirit of 6th graders! In the country projects they created, almost no country has a military.   ...

A head's up:  This blog post has links to nonfiction resources and it's chock-full of information!  All the reasons to read nonficti...