Second Grade Thrills

My team has been looking for ways to make homework work for students and their learning. Although we do have differing views on homework, th...

I saw a blog post recently on real reading vs. fake reading. Ugh! NO kidding! This blog post got me thinking about other ways my student...

One message I drive home hard with my students (no matter the age level I have taught) has been to understand what READING is. I begin by as...

I believe it is critical to know your students-- where they live, what kinds of things they like to do at recess/outside of school, what are...