A Year of Reading

One of the sections of my classroom library that is perpetually lacking is the sports books -- both nonfiction and fiction. I struggle with...

Gratitude List Praise be this morning for waking early, tree crickets buzzing, the humid air, the puffy clouds lined with pink firs...

Wikimedia I’ve learned to be careful what I scorn. I may or may not have written these text messages: “…(Pokémon Go) is so again...

This is one of a series of blog posts that continue the conversation around Still Learning to Read--teaching reading to students in gr...

Hue Animation Studio by Hue Animation Kit comes with HUE HD camera with mic; the HUE Book of Animation, a 60-page full color book; a m...

Creative Nonfiction is working on a project to recognize the work that teachers do. They are hosting an essay contest -- "We'r...

today's lesson  persistence, by chicory  (if mown, bloom low) ©Mary Lee Hahn, 2016 Margaret has today's Po...

A few weeks ago, I committed to studying to learn about the race issues in our country.  I know that many of us have this same goal--to b...

In 2003, Karen Szymusiak and I wrote the book Still Learning to Read (Stenhouse). We believed strongly that children do not stop learn...

I've been reading a lot this summer and have not shared much of my reading on the blog yet. So, for today's It's Monday! ...