I think that bedtime is particularly hard for teachers. Not for the teachers who are strict disciplinarians, of course. I know that there ar...

Finding a jack in the pulpit is always a treat. Near Mount Holly Springs, on the way to Kings Gap, we discovered a little township park that...

One of the reasons why I decided to stay in fourth grade instead of transferring back to sixth is that end of the year fourth graders are su...

I've worked with my students to put sticky notes to record their ideas as they read, and we've made all kinds of charts to collect o...

A few weeks ago, while crisscrossing between PA 94 and 194, we found a small area near the Conewago Creek just covered with marsh marigolds....

In the very early spring, the skunk cabbage plant puts forth an interesting, stinky flower. Here it is. What a beautiful sight for spring! (...

One of the great suggestions in Guiding Readers and Writers by Fountas and Pinnell is to keep a display of the texts the class has read thr...