It's great to play games with kids year-round, but especially at the beginning of the year.  There are good reasons to keep playing them...

Some books have staying power.  This is one of them. I first read and reviewed this book two years ago.  You can read that review here .  An...

 Some teachers are amazing at classroom decor!  I learned that when I spent some time helping a friend set up her Kindergarten room.  Everyt...

  A quick note to let you know that a group of upper elementary and middle school teachers is banding together this week with a giveaway, $1...

  Text Structure.  So easy...and yet, so elusive for some kids, right? Certain text structures are easier for students to get.  Kids know to...

It was the beginning of the year and I was evaluating my students for oral reading fluency.   Her reading was choppy and slow; she read as s...

This is a book to get excited about!   I listen to audiobooks on some days when I walk.  It may be that the voices Shayna Small created for ...

One of the things I loved to do with my students was blen ded learning.  Certain subjects work so well together. Social Studies and Reading....