As I looked ahead at the story elements unit, I realized that I had to do some work on making inferences. After all, telling kids to make in...

I love to teach visualizing. After all, there is a whole chapter about it in my book The Forest AND the Trees ! It doesn't really work t...

Today I had the privilege of presenting a workshop about helping students write open-ended responses. What an amazing group of teachers! I e...

Sometimes I dive into the depths of ERIC to find new information and new ideas. I have a folder full of journal articles! Some I just look o...

Reading about Antarctica creates the perfect situation to help students learn more about how to change their prior knowledge. In general, re...

Three more days...and then the students will arrive. While I'm sad to see the end of summer, I am starting to feel a little bit of excit...