I've been using picture writing prompts a lot lately in the classroom, and I finally put my three favorites together. They are not neces...

In the never-ending battle to get my students to write with concrete details instead of abstractions, I've found that visuals often help...

"Mrs. Torres," said one of my students recently, "you really care about this stuff don't you?" I was a bit taken aba...

If you are teaching the Hunger Games in your classroom, here's great free supplement from Tracee Orman, the Hunger Games teaching goddes...

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I've been working on an academic paper recently about facilitative versus traditional lecture-style teaching. Anyone who has studied tea...

Today I added a widget to the sidebar on the right that will allow you to listen to talk radio for teachers! TBA Radio Today is from the Tea...