Last November I found myself in Boston for the annual NCTE conference. I love this conference, but let's be honest -- one of the hu...

November is definitely my favorite month of the year. Why, you ask? Well... It begins one day after Halloween (candy and  costumes, guys -...

I've learned a lot in the past six weeks, but mostly, I've (re)learned this: I believe in a reader’s right to choose. ...

Let's start with the important announcement of the day: I am a big, fat liar-head. After spending last week revising my current p...

June was a writerly kind of month! There was... Kate Messner's Teacher's Write! Virtual Workshop (which is - thankfully - still h...

Tuesday's quickwrite exercise over at Teacher's Write! Workshop had us looking at poetry! If you know me even the tiniest bit, you ...

Have I mentioned how thankful I am for Kate Messner's Teacher's Write workshop ? I'm finally making some headway with my latest ...

Summer feels delayed this year. Maybe it's because while other teachers were tidying up their files and locking their doors for the last...