A Year of Reading

Launching Writers' Workshop is one of my favorite things about the beginning of a new school year.  The possibilities are endless and g...

There is no rushing the first few weeks of the school year. No matter how much I'd love to be in Week 8 right now with routines set and...

Photo by Mary Lee Hahn A Teacher Turns the Calendar Page From July to August It's the same feeling you get just after you&#...

Flickr Creative Commons Photo by Gilly Walker In this last weekend before school starts back up, I will be spending lots of time ...

These are our Lessons From Cup Stacking, and they have turned out to be such important big ideas that I find myself referring back to th...

I've used the same set of picture books ( including these books about names ) to start the school year for several years now. It'...