Have you ever read a book where you marveled about how the author came up with the ideas?  I admit, I do that pretty often, but nothing l...

There have been a number of Facebook posts recently from teachers moving from primary grades to sixth grade.  One of their big concerns ...

At last year's TpT conference, I  became sadly aware that my presence on social media was pretty nonexistent.  When I got home, I dove...

Keywords.  Keyword stuffing.  Search engine optimization.  The importance of using keywords. There is a ton of stuff out there on t...

Ever since reading Donalyn Miller's The Book Whisperer, I have challenged my students each year to read at least 25 books.  We p...

As the school year winds down, I find myself thinking about all the projects my students worked on this year.  Good learning worked both w...

Last year, a colleague and I received a grant to have all the students in 5th and 6th grades read the same two books.  We started with Fish ...