A Day in the Life

Reading levels are surrounded by controversy.  Many discussions have taken place in the education world about the use, misuse, and abuse of ...

Join Tara at  Going to Walden  for this week's Poetry Friday Round-Up. After a year of academic writing and writing from my head, I...

Jen Vincent at  Teach Mentor Texts  and Kelle and Ricki at  Unleashing Readers  co-host It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Be sure t...

Right after Christmas Break I had my students go book shopping. I was blessed with a grant to purchase books for my classroom library, and a...

Jen Vincent at Teach Mentor Texts and Kelle and Ricki at Unleashing Readers  co-host It's Monday! What Are You Reading? Be sure to...

A new year always brings new goals, or at least thoughts about what we want to accomplish.  Many reading communities that I belong to cre...

For the past several years, I have participated in a reading challenge with Carried Gelson at There is a Book for That.   I love making ...

It's that time of year when resolutions are made , goals are set , and reading lists are created . I am joining Carrie Gelson at Th...

Today is the last day of 2018, and it's time to reflect on how my one little has served me the past 364 days. Choosing one little w...

It is the night before New Years Eve and a time where everyone is sharing their favorite books of 2018 and completing their reading challeng...

Many of the middle grade books I read impact me as a reader. Then, there are those that impact me as a teacher. This was the case with The B...

Several years ago Carrie Gelson of  There's a Book for Tha t started the "Must Read Challenge" which is way for book lovers...

Unlike most of my family members, I am not a competitive person.  Competition does not motivate me, nor does it make me attempt anything w...

Deadlines. Seems I've had many of those these last few weeks. But this morning, with visions of fall break swimming in my cereal bowl,...

There are times when I read a book, it makes me think. It makes me cry. It makes me wonder. It makes me want to do something. Then there a...

Thank you Two Writing Teachers  Five years ago today, I wrote my first slice of life. I remember starting my blog and hitting publis...

Almost a year ago, I became a student again. At that time, I had no idea how sitting in the student seat would impact my teaching. It wa...

Almost a year ago, I became a student again. At that time, I had no idea how sitting in the student seat would impact my teaching. It wa...