I wish I had known about one-pagers when I did this project with my students.   Don't get me wrong, it was fun for them! It was just a p...

   Everyone has their own opinions about Project-based learning.  I loved it, but I had many respected colleagues who wouldn't touch it ...

"Can we sit around the room?" was a frequently asked question in my class.  My rule was simple: if I saw that they couldn't ha...

This is the time of year when many ELA teachers are looking to get students into books.  Do you run a Literature Circle?  Or a Book Club?   ...

There are lots of good reasons to get your students involved in a March Madness Reading Challenge.  I'm giving you three because I want ...

One of my favorite activities to do when teaching point of view, is to have students take the book they're reading and rewrite a section...

Teachers and students can be helped by using the RACE writing strategy to produce high-quality responses to questions with solid text-depend...

Teaching genres at the beginning of the school year makes sense.  But I'd argue it makes as much sense to review it - or teach it - when...

  I know.  You're hanging on as best you can.  Doors are being decorated, kids are decorating themselves, and you don't want to be *...

Welcome to December, that exciting time filled with fun interruptions, and such high student energy that you're paddling as fast as you ...

  You've moved beyond Halloween but kids know there's another break coming up!  Here are 3 fun and creative Thanksgiving activities ...

Here are two phrases I don't like:  "It is what it is" and "That's just how I am."  Why don't I like them?  ...

I could see it in their eyes.  Yeah, Johannes Gutenberg created the movable type printing press.   So what?   Don't you know we have int...