
Studying “Turning Points” of a Text
We are always in such a hurry, aren’t we? We push, push, push all day long–moving from standard to standard–assessing

We are always in such a hurry, aren’t we? We push, push, push all day long–moving from standard to standard–assessing

Hey there! Just wanted to share a little information about a fun and practical lesson I did this past week

One thing that I know to be true is that getting moments of quality intervention time with students is tough–especially

One thing that I have done more and more of over the last few years is to infuse more “informal

Interested in hearing about some of my introduction to poetry lessons? Poetry doesn’t have to be scary or intimidating at

One thing that continues to challenge me as a writing teacher is helping my students push themselves outside of their

I have done this project every year for quite some time, and I have to say–I don’t know who loves

When I start the school year, one of the first things I tackle with my students is “reading behaviors”–how we

As we begin our unit on opinion writing, I wanted my students to realize that there are many different types

Now that our realistic fiction story planning is complete and we are ready to start drafting, I wanted to make