This is the first of a two-part series about how to get kids to write more.  And better. I'll be the first to admit I've been sl...

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I didn't think I would fall in love with this book as much as I did.  Jason Reynolds, who wrote All American Boys (one of the books b...

If you live within a car ride of Washington, D.C., then this is an event you don't want to miss next year!  Sponsored by the Library o...

When I first read about what Kyle Schwartz, a third grade teacher from Denver, had done with her students a few years back, I was amazed ...

What a great first week of school it's been!  Exhausting and fun, kids like bright, shiny new pennies, smiling and mostly eager to be ba...

In two previous blogposts, I wrote about the need to know your students reading readiness and interests (you can read about that { here }...