Recently, I’ve spiced up literature lessons with infographics. I love infographics. They are a modern approach to outlines, memes, and other “clickable” content. My students are familiar with infographics, and…
Looking for digital guidelines for the secondary classroom? I can maybe, sorta, try to help you. Stay with me. I will explain why I am still in the process of…
Books for First Chapter Friday? These ten books worked well because their first chapters are awesome. Teachers ask me about how I manage First Chapter Friday, and I’ve written extensively…
We all want a literacy-rich secondary classroom. How can we get there? Literacy includes so much more than reading and writing that defining and articulating that one word can be…
Teaching verbs with older students? Verbs are powerful tools in student writing and in their literature! Verbs: the backbone of sentences, the fun part of sentences, the words connected to…
If you, a student of yours, or a child of yours is completing the transition to high school, I have a few ideas. Perhaps you stumbled on this blog post…
Teacher organization on your mind? A little over ten years ago, I became fascinated by organization in the classroom. Teacher organization, student organization, organization techniques. I loved the topic so…
What grammar lesson do you want your students to see? The approach we take with each grammar lesson will influence how our students interact with future discussions concerning language. (I…
Increasingly, parents ask me what they should be doing with their older students during summer break. It makes sense: articles abound about preventing the summer slide and reading with teenagers.…
Teaching graphic novels? I have taught graphic novels and have them in my classroom library. The picture below illustrates how I feel about graphic novels: colorful, with appealing pictures and…
