Teaching science goes so well with teaching writing! Kids naturally enjoy learning about science. When they learn, they want to write...and ...

I really enjoy reading educational research articles. The authors are pleasantly careful and measured in their descriptions of studies and c...

What a week! After a relatively cool summer, Pennsylvania enjoyed (?) some hot and humid temperatures this week. I used old-fashioned heat m...

    If it's the beginning of the school year, I must be talking about mental models! In reading, a mental model is a reader's repres...

     Another school year has begun! At the start of the year I am always eager to find out as much about my new readers as I can. I know tha...

A vernal pool at Caledonia State Park, June and July If you follow my Twitter feed, you'll probably notice lots of pictures of flowe...

This year, I have resolved to step away from the fancy border. Instead of buying beautiful classroom supplies or trying to make everything m...