A Year of Reading

I love being part of the CYBILS! It is always so wonderful to learn about and read so many books in a single category.  This year, I am pa...

Lots of great new books coming out in November! These are those I am most excited about right now! I am so behind on my reading that I...

Row 1: 1. Giants, Midgets and Oddballs at Ochs Fruit Farm in Lancaster, 2. Ochs, 3. Go This Way, 4. Mums, 5. More Wag, Less Oink (Fairfie...

Ruth, you inspire us in so many ways! This week, I started 15 Minute Friday writing with my class. We logged into our Kidblog, opened ...

Flickr Creative Commons photo by Paul Stevenson LEAF HURRICANE Clouds darken Wind gusts leaves swirl I twirl           My wild s...

Ghosts by Sonia Goldie illustrated by Marc Boutavant Enchanted Lion Books, November 26, 2013 review copy provided by the publisher ...

Emma in Buttonland by Ulrike Rylance translated by Connie Stradling Morby illustrated by Silke Leffler Sky Pony Press, October 1, 2...

This summer, I did a Choice Literacy workshop for teachers around Nonfiction. I spoke in the morning and Andrea Smith spoke in the afternoo...

WOW!  That was my first reaction to Falling in Love with Close Reading: Lessons for Analyzing Texts--and Life as I started reading it...

1. An "all's clear" mammogram. The James has a billboard ad campaign right now with the catch-phrase, " There is no...