I would consider myself to be a fairly tech savvy person. Yet when it comes to my classroom, I don't incorporate as much technology...

Every afternoon my homeroom comes back to me for twenty minutes at the end of the day.  Last year I tried to get them to read or do homewor...

Back during the summer before the school year ever started, I began brainstorming ideas for my classroom library.   I wanted my libra...

I mentioned in this post doing book report projects with my students this semester.  The work has begun.  I have each section of English re...

I am sitting here enjoying my last bit of Christmas break.  Monday I will be back in the classroom.  Honestly, I'm ready.  I LOVE my jo...

When I was student teaching (which feels like a lifetime ago) one of the many ideas that I fell in love with was an ABC accordion book made ...

If you are like me, you dread grading those long book reports that students dread writing.   Surely there are better ways to assess a s...

I posted this picture in this tour post .   The poster in the top right corner with the pink edges is our genre poster.  Each color ...

Occasionally I can be very stubborn.  There are a few things in life I refuse to do just to go against the grain.  Reading and watching anyt...

Well.  I have three days of this school year under my belt.  They've been chaotic, but good days.  I think I've got a great group of...

Back on my Currently in July post I mentioned that I was working on a little project that my sweet husband designed.  Several of you were v...

Last month I finally jumped on the bandwagon and read The Book Whisper.   Needless to say, I fell in love with it and plan to implement Dona...

One of the things I picked up from my AP training last week is first paragraphs.  I love the idea.  It's one of those things that is so ...

A few years ago some of my good friends at proteacher inspired me to create a website for my students and their parents. I spent hours that ...

Quick.  Last adult novel you read?  I don't know about you, but I have a hard time answering that question at this moment.  I have been ...

It's official.  I made the switch today.  I will no longer be teaching math after this year.  Part of me is very excited.  Math has alwa...

I found this idea on pinterest. Whipped up my own poster tonight. Hoping the kids go for it. I think I will let my artistic students make...

I'm still here. Life has been crazy busy. I can't seem to put together a post about what has been going on in my classroom. In uploa...

Have you seen one of those bulletin boards with a map of the United States that says "Reading Will Take You Places"? Maybe you hav...

The middle school where I work is a struggling to raise literacy scores. All teachers are being told to bring literacy into the classroom, r...