A Year of Reading

photo via Unsplash Each day I thread the needle of my heart and stitch together my quilt-square students into a tapestry of joy and learning...

What a week. But also -- what a week in poetry. On Tuesday, as I drove towards the beginning of the second half of the grand experiment know...

As I work with teachers across grade levels, many are thinking about how to build community and create a space that is safe and inviting for...

The struggles of remote teaching and learning are real. Figuring out how to hold onto best practices with 29 students on a Zoom call is tric...

  One of my new routines for this year is link to the CNN10 news for the day in an open Google doc with a table where my scholars can add t...

image via Unsplash We had our virtual Meet the Teacher this past Thursday.  On the one hand, having a new group of children on the screen in...

  Some realities we cannot choose (see cleaning supplies and gallon jug of hand sanitizer in the background). Some realities we can choose (...

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