I've just finished reading two excellent books for the middle grades, both of which would make thoughtful read-alouds. Crenshaw dea...

  I'm linking up with two blogs: Jen at Teach Mentor Texts , and Kellee at Unleashing Readers to share books that I've finished ...

I'm linking up with Joanne over at Head Over Heels for Teaching because her blog post got me thinking about what I do to get kids exc...

I keep trying to link up with DoodleBugs Teaching, but somehow Fridays just get by me. The best-laid plans.....Yup.  You understand. ...

I was in professional development meetings today.  Our students get the day off because of the annual fair in our community.  One of our mee...

I blogged about creating this minion board for the beginning of school.  Here's a before.  Doesn't he look a little lonely? And n...

"Would you like to read the book I'm writing?" asked a student last year.  And then another one.  And then a third, who wrote ...

Trying to keep track of 1000 books, checked out by about 80 students is a challenge!  Some years are better than others, but every year, ...

One of the most important things I do on the SECOND day of school is give all three of my classes a Reading survey.  The informa...

I 'm linking up with Tara for another Monday Made It because I finally got into school today, with the letters for my bulletin board w...