Tonight I had the amazing privilege to present to the South Central Reading Council. What a great group of educators! Everyone came after lo...

Stink bugs seem to be everywhere right now! In the news, on our window sills, and on my porch. The orchard growers in the area are very worr...

Like many transitional readers, some of my fourth graders have trouble with the difference between persuasive text and informational text. W...

Today, we talked about the differences between narrative and expository text. This is tough for fourth graders! When we look at books, they ...

Over the summer, my two sons and I loved finding out about mole crabs. When I went looking for information about them, I found that some of ...

If you're working with text structure, you may have noticed that there are some books and texts that just can't be placed in the typ...

Every fall, I spend time teaching my writers about the writing process. They've experienced it before, of course, but I like for all stu...