Mentoring in the Middle
I'm linking up with Inspired Owl's Corner for a fun one!  I spend WAAAY too much time on Pinterest, looking up stuff for school, g...
I was thinking the other day about kids who read Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and when I'd conference with them one-on-one, armed with a bunc...
I've linked up with Natalie at What the Teacher Wants and her Summer Bucket list .  A few days late, but it's worth putting it out ...
At the end of the year, I often get a gift card or two from my students to purchase new books.  They know how much I encourage reading and t...
Does anyone remember that show?  Or maybe the book?  I think it was a radio show, or maybe an early TV show?  Not sure. But I thought abou...
How do you manage your classroom library?  For years, I've had a checkout system where kids wrote their names and the book checked out i...
Always looking for new ways to engage kids in deeper, more analytical thinking, I decided about a month ago to have them read a short, two-p...