My Life as a Literacy Educator

I have never used my blog for a purpose such as this, but as I am sure most educators can attest to, our colleagues are families. A woman I ...

This semester, my campus leadership team has been studying what types of questions teachers ask in the classroom and how they ask them. Memb...

After conferring with Benjamin Lewis via Twitter, I have decided to keep a running list of all the gloriously goofy things my eighth graders...

A few nights ago, my ninth grade daughter came downstairs with English homework. Her teacher had given her sample editing and revising passa...

Sometimes someone passes along a piece of information that sends my brain into immediate teacher planning mode. With a change in our distric...

This weekend, I had the honor of being able to attend the Rose F. Spicola Forum in Reading at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas ...

When working with writing prompts, I work hard to come up with those that I know my students will be able to write about without any whining...