Happy Summer! I know that these first two weeks of summer vacation for me have helped to reduce the bags under my eyes and lower
On a weekly basis, I try to have my students do a more formal “writing about reading.” I learn a lot about my students through
Throughout the past year after embarking on this blogging adventure, I’ve made connections with teachers and literacy coaches from all over the United States and
Like any teacher, I have minilessons that fail miserably, some that I would say are “just okay,” and others that I feel really make a
In many of my blog posts I mention minilessons. I receive a lot of e-mails and comments from readers of my blog asking about how
As little kids, we all let our imagination run wild thoughts, ideas, and what ifs, but then something seems to happen and our creativity gets
I woke up this morning, May 2nd, to eight inches of snow in Wisconsin. My district and all of the surrounding districts are closed today.
One of my goals this year as a teacher and a literacy coach has been how to bring the constructivist/inquiry theory deeper into the classroom.
