A Year of Reading

I have been thinking a lot about 21st Century Literacies over the last several years. I know that the definition of literacy has expanded ...

Thanks to Jen and Kellee for hosting this great weekly event at TEACH MENTOR TEXTS ! I haven't done a It's Monday post for a ...

Kindred Souls by Patricia MacLachlan Katherine Tegen Books (HarperCollins), 2012 My eyes welled up on page two of this book, and when...

I've spent some time in my new classroom over the past few weeks. I love being there and thinking about the space. I know it is early, b...

TORNADO WEATHER by Vincent Wixon 1. Clouds build all day, hold west of the section. Plowing east he feels them piling darker, de...

So many stories this month. Family quilt stories, carousel memories, All Write inspirations, heat and droug...

As many of you know, I received a copy of Ralph Fletchers book,  GUY-WRITE:  WHAT EVERY GUY WRITER NEEDS TO KNOW a little bit early. If ...

Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming  Schwartz & Wade, 2011 Last night I finished readin...

Yesterday's quick-write prompt at Kate Messner's Teachers Write! Summer Camp invited us to use Wordle to discover the theme ...

Flickr Creative Commons Photo by rifqi dahlgren OUTA MY WAY I'm an ant. My eyes are big, my joints are orange, my bite me...