A Year of Reading

Whose idea was it to have five days of school the first week? Three or four would have been plenty! Here are the schedules I/we have worked...

I had to make one last run to Cover to Cover today to set myself up for the first few days of school--new books always help me get my head a...

On the way back to our classrooms after dismissal yesterday, my colleague asked me, "Is it really quiet on your morning walks?" At...

MIND YOUR MANNERS, B.B. WOLF is a fun new book by Judy Sierra. I am always looking for books that can start classroom conversations about...

In homes all around our school community, parents are asking students, "How was your first day of school? Do you like your teacher?&qu...

I found two great new picture books this week. I think both will be great additions to classroom libraries--especially K-2 classrooms. Both ...

A great piece in The Columbus Dispatch today about the first day of school --as a child, parent, and grandparent. It was written by Lisa Pe...

If you have never visited Bruce Lansky's poetry site , it is a great one to bookmark in the classroom. So many fun poems for both kids a...

Praise for Why I'm Like This by Cynthia Kaplan: "Striking a note somewhere between David Sedaris and Anna Quindlen, Kaplan spins t...

I was excited to see a new book by Gennifer Choldenko -- If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period . Her book, Al Capone Does My Shirts caused amazi...