Guys! I have to tell you that I love this book. (Okay, if you haven't been following along, I'll tell you -- Cris Tovani's So Wh...

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. ...

After taking a little no-blogging, no-tweeting break (a girl needs some time to herself after 2 months of back to back daily blogging!), I w...

Today I heard the news for our district's new technology plan. Hold on to your hats, friends, because this one is hard to believe: ...

Each year, same thing: a special meeting to train us to have the wherewithal to undergo the precise measures that must be taken on this v...

World Read Aloud Day was a huge hit yesterday, and our Skype with Navjot Kaur  certainly stole the show. After a few minor audio compli...

Today I (finally) picked up a copy of Wonder  by R.J. Palacio . There's been such a buzz about it online recently that I've been...

This year I keep hearing the same things over again: Standards have changed! The new STAAR test is more rigorous! Writing must happen acr...

I've had enough. I've watched too many kids count on their fingers, draw out circles and dots, skip count on paper, and just flat ...

This morning I rushed up the stairs to my classroom, eager to begin the day. It didn't matter that I was a few minutes later than I pla...

NaNoWriMo is right around the corner, and I find my creative wheels spinning as I rev up for this year's challenge. Last year, I brough...

Last night I watched some TED videos. I needed inspiration. I needed to slide back into my teaching sweet spot. I wanted to see something tr...

30 days ago, I was excited to bring a cornucopia of new ideas into this school year. Plans for a new word study program, ide...

This school year marks the fifth anniversary of my move from private school director to public school teacher. After five years you...

With the first week of school behind me, I feel a little more at ease and a little more anxious to move on to the big stuff! Funny how that ...

Two Writing Teachers It's August. August is a scrambled month. The last swirls of summer tug at me, begging me to swim, play, and ...

Somewhere after midnight Saturday but before the sun popped up with its bright hello on Sunday morning, we put down our bags and laid down ...

I finished the draft of the (rockin awesome) proposal to my principal in hopes of inspiring her to let me teach a boys writing class twice a...

It isn't surprising, I suppose, that I haven't had much to say  I have been been so quiet in the past month. Not surprising, but s...