Now that I have two children in school, I realize the importance of homework. For many parents, it's a welcome glimpse into the life of...

I love teaching science. Last year, I had the chance to pick it up again after a few years away from it. I had forgotten how much I enjoy ta...

Teaching theme can be a real challenge. When kids have trouble, here are a few tactics that I've used. Give kids a list of themes : I ...

I love the book Greedy Apostrophe by Jan Carr. In this book, the punctuation marks all take jobs from the Director. But Greedy Apostrophe w...

As fourth grade readers encounter more challenging texts, they need to pay close attention to setting details. Sometimes, these details will...

Well, we're finally moving on to story elements! This year, I'm trying to work on two thorny setting issues--the issue of multiple l...

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...