My Life as a Literacy Educator

This semester, one of our school focuses is upon flexible grouping strategies. Prior to the kids returning to school, we had half a day of p...

I have been fortunate (or unfortunate, depending on your viewpoint) to be involved in numerous programs and committees in my district that k...

A few weeks ago, I wrote a short post about using Comprehension Processing Questions . I was asked for some follow-up information, so here i...

Yesterday was yearbook picture day for my middle schoolers. Because the length of time needed for each class to be photographed varies bas...

I am very fortunate to receive numerous opportunities for training in my district, but somehow, Kagan training has always bypassed me. That ...

This summer, I was introduced to a simple little strategy that has completely changed the way I have been teaching this year: the Comprehens...

In addition to getting to know my students during the first week of school, I wanted my new kids to get to know them...