Mentoring in the Middle
When you open some books, you just read and read.  Some books, you put down.  And for others, you grab a notebook and start jotting down sen...
Yes, yes, oh dear heavens, yes!  And not just because I'm old.  But because, in our interest to get kids writing about interesting thi...
One of the first products I created was this novel study.  Oh, boy, did it need an update!  With a lot more reading comprehension skills a...
Late last spring, I read the first Michael Vey book, The Prisoner of Cell 25  to one of my classes.  This Science Fiction series never f...
Way, way, way back in the day when I was in first grade, we switched seats one day and I was placed next to Michael.  Michael had polio, ...
What if students decided where the furniture should go in your room?  Could you give up control and let them decide?  Come along for a rid...
It's the first day of school in my district!  I thought this quote was a good reminder that it's usually the "little stuff...