This neat little book came free with my last Scholastic book order. Now that I have read it approximately 14,000 times to my first grade son...

What a great day we had at KSRA! Nicole and I presented on the topic of doing more with less. We enjoyed listening to everyone's ideas a...

Just like I wrote about last time, we're working on making inferences in reading class. It continues to be a challenge for my students, ...

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...

As I was planning for this week, I realized that I need to change my approach with multiple meaning words. In the past, I've looked at t...

I've been working on multiple meaning words with my students. For struggling readers, multiple meaning words can be very difficult. I wi...

My youngest son, a first grader, loves big cats. I'm embarrassed to admit that, three years ago, I would have had trouble distinguishing...