A lot of teachers don't like to teach writing.  It can be overwhelming to think about how to merge grammar and conventions without tak...

But first, a word....these are my thoughts about fostering a love of reading. Not killing it. I recently received a complementary comm...

I recently talked about how mentor sentences do something *magical* for my students and their writing.  You can read about that here . St...

From the kitchen came a piercing scream. The green colored pencil slipped, streaking across the almost-finished portrait of a lizard Jai...

In the Darfur region of Sudan, Amira wakes up on her twelfth birthday and  Our village glistens, greets me with a wink that shine...

Would your students be able to identify Darfur on a map?  Guatemala?  Syria?  Students have access to so much information from the interne...

My first year of teaching was 2001.  I was in my third week of school when the planes hit the World Trade Center, and my principal came to...