A Year of Reading

  Have you seen the new app, Zigazoo ? Zak Ringelstein, co-founder of Zigazoo describes it as a "Tik-Tok for kids."  I discovered...

Over the past several weeks, I have found myself doing a lot of reflection trying to get this online teaching right.  I keep meaning ...

Over the past several weeks, I have found myself doing a lot of reflection trying to get this online teaching right.  I keep meaning t...

This is one of a series of blog posts that continue the conversation around Still Learning to Read --teaching reading to students in g...

Hue Animation Studio by Hue Animation Kit comes with HUE HD camera with mic; the HUE Book of Animation, a 60-page full color book; a m...

I loved my online time over Spring Break. I discovered lots of new things and found many new ideas to ponder. Here are some of my favorite...

I'm always looking for good videos for my students.  As we expand our understanding of what it means to be a reader in this digital...

This weekend, I gave a session on Comprehension in a Digital Reading Workshop. Below are the slides from the session. Dublin Literacy Confe...

Our 4th grade team is working on a 4th grade project around Making a Difference in the World.   We began this project last year and it was i...

Last Friday, at The Opposite of Indifference , Tabatha shared several centos that she had found while reading THE GREAT GATSBY. A cento is a...

This is part of a series of blog posts on Mentor Texts in the Digital Writing Workshop.  Contributors to this weeklong series are  Troy Hick...

This is part of a series of blog posts on Mentor Texts in the Digital Writing Workshop.  Contributors to this weeklong series are Troy Hicks...