Today, I'm sharing a picture book that is probably better suited to the younger set, but was one I used with my summer school friends wh...

Many years ago, I spent a lot of time making an author's chair.  If you aren't sure what an author's chair is, it is "just...

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...

HAPPY SPRING BREAK! I could not be any happier to be on break this week!  There is a serious case of   Spring fever bouncing in my br...

Friends Don't Let Friends Conference Alone!           Clip Art by Phillip Martin   A while back, I wrote a post about how I hav...

I just registered for  The Color Run  here in  New Jersey!    I am really just so excited to do this! One of my goals this year was to ...

We talk a lot about using picture books in our teaching.  I am wondering though if you are using wordless picture books in your lessons.  If...

I promise this mess means something! How do you select peer editors for your friends?  I always have some that are ready for a peer editor...

I was talking about this book with a colleague the other day.  More like singing its praises.  It was then that I thought I needed to share ...