It's the first day of school in my district!  I thought this quote was a good reminder that it's usually the "little stuff...

When students explain why they don't like historical fiction, they usually say something like, "It doesn't grab me in the...

Sometimes, in this country, I feel like a stranger in a strange land. I can usually wrap my head around the thinking of people whose v...

Have you ever read a book where you marveled about how the author came up with the ideas?  I admit, I do that pretty often, but nothing l...

There have been a number of Facebook posts recently from teachers moving from primary grades to sixth grade.  One of their big concerns ...

At last year's TpT conference, I  became sadly aware that my presence on social media was pretty nonexistent.  When I got home, I dove...

Keywords.  Keyword stuffing.  Search engine optimization.  The importance of using keywords. There is a ton of stuff out there on t...

Ever since reading Donalyn Miller's The Book Whisperer, I have challenged my students each year to read at least 25 books.  We p...

As the school year winds down, I find myself thinking about all the projects my students worked on this year.  Good learning worked both w...

Last year, a colleague and I received a grant to have all the students in 5th and 6th grades read the same two books.  We started with Fish ...

There were times when I wished I'd never shared this thought with my Assistant Principal.  When I wondered why (for the umpte...

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Photo credit: Brent Johnson, Newark Star-Ledger This post is not about whether you voted for Donald Trump or Hilary Clinton.  It'...

I was chaperoning a movie night at school on Friday, and a former students approached me.  "Do you have a copy of Divergent that I ...