Mentor sentences have the power to be the bridge between reading instruction and writing instruction. A glue that can hold everything together and make it
Anyone who reads my blog or follows me on Facebook or Instagram knows that I love a good anchor chart. I consider anchor charts the
When we teach the same reading standards and content year after year after year, it’s easy to get stuck in a pattern. In this blog
Book clubs are one way to get students together in small groups to discuss a common book that they’re reading. In the past, I’ve avoided
Each school year a unique mix of middle school students enter the doors of my classroom. Each with a story, each with different strengths, each
If walls could talk, what would they say? Well, for the case of my classroom and the other language arts classrooms in my middle school,
My classroom does not contain signs that I’ve purchased from commercialized companies. The walls of my classroom tell a story. They show what my students
Well the first week of school has come and gone. The positives include I have an amazing group of sixth graders that I will be
It’s been awhile since I’ve given an update on some of the new anchor charts in my classroom, so I thought I’d share a few
It is one of those rare days where the air smells sweet and there is a light breeze ruffling the leaves in the trees. It
