We got through roughly half of what I'd planned for the day.  We did a lot of goal setting today.  But I don't necessarily think th...

The first day back from Winter Break is basically the first day of school all over again. While it's important to jump back into the s...

Sometimes I feel like a hypocrite. I love reading.  I want my students to love reading. But sometimes, no often times, I don't m...

We report back the middle of August, so I was thoroughly disgusted when I discovered Target had set up it's back to school aisles.  This...

This year I'm having my students keep track of their writing with portfolios. During the first week of school, I had them fill ou...