My Life as a Literacy Educator

Two day weeks are so hard to plan for, but I got this! I'm a supah stah! After taking baby steps through chapter one of The Giver , I...

The children are not understanding the point of the learning log.  There is a great deal of confusion about which class they are supposed...

At 2:30 PM Friday afternoon, I was cursing myself to giving this assignment : Create a blog as the character Stopthief in Milkweed . Create ...

I have some boys with big crushes this year. I don't mind, as long as it does not get out of control. I did have to threaten to remove o...

Before beginning The Giver , I explained to my students that we would be going through the first chapter slowly, as we often do not give eno...

I had a special moment with some students from my sixth period class today. I do not mean Church Lady "special" but a truly specia...

While my Pre-AP students are reading Milkweed , my academic students will be reading The Giver . Last year, I will honestly admit that I did...