When I was in first grade, we were assigned new seats one day and Mrs. Edwards placed me next to Michael.  Michael had had polio, so he wore...

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

True confessions: this time of year was the hardest for me as a teacher.  I was tired of the grey, cloudy days in March, it felt like spring...

  Did you ever think you knew what your kids could do and they surprised you?  That happens to all of us at times and you're probably pl...

Last week I blogged about creating a March Madness Book Tournament for your students.  It's a great way to get them reading, talking, an...

  Are you feeling it?  It's that time of the year when kids need a little extra "oomph" to stay focused?   (Or maybe you'v...

  Studying about Mars  can happen in Reading or in Science, and blending them together makes my heart happy!   Because, blending subjects......

Have you ever done something with your students and halfway through, you wondered what in the world you were thinking?  Honest truth.  Geniu...

W hether you're looking for an academic resource with a specific February theme or want to focus on some skill work this month, I've...

Tired of more traditional book reports?  I created these Independent Book Projects to give kids a choice.  You know how much kids like to ch...