It was time for bed last night, and I was reading Aidan a story. Aidan is four, and he is acquiring a taste for longer, more detailed books....

Last spring, as I started reading about vernal pools, I became intrigued by accounts of a creature I had never heard of before: fairy shrimp...

Here is a compendium of resources related to text structure. If you are having trouble downloading Slideshare presentations, it may be becau...

Here are some interesting resources that have crossed my computer in the last few weeks. Hope that they're useful! Adolescent Literacy W...

Last week, I wrote about sharing time. Each day, three writers get to share their writing with the rest of the class. I do move students t...

So here it is. In the past three years, I've become even more committed to spending time having students share their writing. Not just e...

Well, seven days of school have gone by. The kids are reading books--some have even finished two chapter books already! But another importan...