The Reading Teacher's Ramblings

We are nearing the Eve of a new year of school. The school is shiny, the rooms are welcoming, and the staff and students are nervous, but ex...

Chapter 5: Just for You "We struggle to meet the needs of our all our students, and we sense that there are groups of kids w...

Chapters 3 & 4 focus on two of the problems we face in education: memory & rigor. Chapter 3 Our students' work gives us fee...

#cyberpd Week 1 DIY Literacy I preordered the book this spring and promptly read the whole thing the day I received it. The...

  I look forward to this field trip all year. My excitement builds as the weather forecast looks to cooperate! Every spring the ELA...

I was thrilled to be a part of Kylene Beers and Bob Probst's first Facebook live event. It was on their Notice and Note Facebook pag...

My 4th and 5th grade teams requested teaching grammar in context as our topic for this month's common planning time. We have been taki...