Sometimes, tackling a novel in your classroom is just too much—too much work at the moment, too much reading for some students, and too much...

 One autumn night, when the wind was high, And the rain fell in heavy plashes, A little boy sat by the kitchen fire, A-popping corn in the a...

Some students are knowledgeable about climate change.  Others are frightened by it.  You know your students best.  Is there a way to start i...

   "I want to write, I just don't know what to write about."   I wrote about using sentence starters to get kids hooked in thi...

This year's Presidential election has generated more than enough heated exchanges in the media!  I hope you discuss the election with yo...

  I was always intrigued by how students viewed writing.  Most said they hated it (at the beginning of the year) but with practice and a var...

  Why do we put Essential Questions on the board?  Is it to make our school districts happy or is there another purpose? As middle-grade ELA...