A Year of Reading

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...

I was working with 3rd graders on creating their own book trailers. It was a long-term project and I was thrilled with the trailers I had f...

(This post is part of a series on Mentor Text in the Digital Writing Workshop. Other participants include Katie Dicesare , Tony Keefer, Kev...

"This is no recipe book: I have tried not to be formulaic. Rather, I want to suggest the richness of the options, the myriad of pos...

This is what you shall do by Walt Whitman "This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give a...

The Cybils Finalists have been posted -- five great books in each of eleven categories/genres. Jules has done an amazing 2011 blog retros...

Thanks for the high praise in your Reading Year In Review post yesterday, Franki! You were ALWAYS reading more than you gave yourself credi...

Mary Lee has always been my reading idol.  We were in a book club together 20+ years ago and I was always amazed at how much she read.  She ...

Really, I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed participating in Holiday Book-A-Day. Reading Donalyn Miller's idea on her blog la...

Hmm...every single row of this month's mosaic features food. No wonder I'll be back to the health club wit...