First, let us all take a minute to admire the creativity of this post title!  I am so lame at coming up with post titles. Most of the time ...

I have a nice, big carpet in my meeting area for my friends to sit on.  When I had a full class of 5th graders, we always had to sit close t...

Me:   You just read this page.  Can you tell me a little about what you know? Student: Ummmmm. . . . (Insert wait time here.) Me:  I k...

Recently, I received this email from a reader: Hi there, I have been following your blog for quite sometime and would like to ask a quick ...

Many years ago when getting my master's degree, I had to take a theater course.  Don't ask me why!  To this day I still don'...

Yesterday was the last day of summer school, and I could not be happier!  I love teaching, but I am ready for some time off!   Today, I have...

This week was the beginning of summer school.  It runs Monday-Thursday for twenty days.  I have twenty days to work some magic with my relu...

One of the things I miss most this school year has been teaching writing.  My day is spent in either guided reading groups or small supplem...

It is so good to be back to blogging! Thanks to everyone who was so patient while I was away. I feel like there is some normalcy back in my ...