Teacher and Author: The Reading-Writing Connection

My 5th grade students were excited when they heard the book I’d been telling them about was going to be published as a series. And both my r...

Back to the Classics

I know most (if not all) of you have read the article in The Wall Street Journal highlighting the dark and disturbing nature of today’s YA ...

Sending a Kid up Everest

Report cards and parent conferences are over, and it's time for Thanksgiving break! I feel like I've worked hard enough for it! Exha...

Define Reading ... Part 2

Reading in today’s society tends to be a social activity. People share books, recommend them, discuss them, blog about them, and list them ...

Define Reading (and Support Your Answer with 3 Examples from the Text)

I asked my students: “What did Natasha say about men walking on the moon?” Chad had an answer. “She said it never happened. She told Tough...