Mentoring in the Middle
Sometimes, in this country, I feel like a stranger in a strange land. I can usually wrap my head around the thinking of people whose v...
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...