A second-grade teacher friend is facing a much longer school day this year. She will have her little charges from 8:15 to 4:30 every ...

I like to bring in seasonal reading around Halloween more than any other time of year. Students are bombarded with the myths and traditio...

Discussion questions are a great idea to kick off a short story unit, but the participation of my students has been lackluster with the...

Should kids get paid for good grades? As a parent, I did not offer any incentive for good grades, other than a trip out for ice cream on...

Fall and Halloween are the perfect time to bring seasonal reading into the classroom. These packets contain high-interest reading topics...

In my last blog (click here) about my support for standardizing the singular use of the pronoun "they," I glossed over one of ...

I am a fan of the English language and all the messy rules that go with it. I resist change. In formal writing, I do not begin my sentenc...