This is the week in which I have to take a sketchbook filled with notes, ideas, and sketches and turn it into a cohesive plan--yikes!  ...

Right now Pinterest is filled with pictures of gorgeous classroom libraries and book spaces. As I was sitting up my classroom this year, I c...

I have 3,000 followers over on TeachersPayTeachers ! To celebrate, I've posted a brand new freebie for the start of the school year. ...

    I love teaching because I love learning, and getting out to experience new things is a thrill for me. So when I read that the National A...

     On Twitter, it's very popular for consultants to tell people to get rid of worksheets. "Kids don't learn anything from a w...

Three years ago I had only the most rudimentary of graphic novel collections in my classroom. Now, I have enough so that 50% of my class is ...

This year I've been working on new Article Response sets to use as ongoing practice and homework with sixth graders. They have worked w...