Last Tuesday, I presented a workshop called "Reading Strategies and the Common Core". (I'll be doing it again at KSRA in Octo...

What a week! On Tuesday, I presented a workshop related to the Common Core standards for reading; on Friday, I'm presenting an outdoor w...

Thanks for everyone who attended the workshops about the Common Core today! Maybe it wasn't the most fun way to spend a summer day, but ...

In my last post, I wrote about the master word list that I recently finished. It's been great to hear from everyone and send the word li...

We're making a new spelling program! With the Common Core coming into effect, our team realized that we have to do more with spelling an...

After we say our final goodbyes to students next week, my team is coming right back to school to work on some curriculum writing. We have to...

A few weeks ago, I got the chance to record a podcast for Choice Literacy. How exciting! It's out as a sneak peek today: Summarizing P...