Secret Sauce:
Success Strategies Freebie
If you’re interested in building positive relationships with your students and their parents, check out this awesome lesson!
Don’t Flip! Test Tips
We teachers love to say we don’t “do” test prep. We say it proudly, like we’re saying, “I don’t smoke cigarettes, and I never have.” When we say it, other
How to Teach Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs
Have you noticed that every single weather occurrence gets a mighty-sounding name these days? I’m sick of Vulcan, Atlas, and Orion. Send us a storm named Dinky. Or Fluffy. Or
Writing with Text Evidence
Text evidence writing is near and dear to my heart. It gives me a chance to tell my students not to dump and run. “No evidence
Tips for Teaching Students How to Read Closely
Lately, I have been fielding questions about the “close read” from a group of new teachers. They all had different ideas about implementing the close read, and no one really
Close Read Freebie
What Highlight Through Yonder Window Breaks It wasn’t long ago that I was deeply in love…with highlighters. The brighter the colors, the more I loved them. I collected big, chunky,
Quasimodo’s Sister
I’m writing this post under duress. There is a virtual ruler suspended over my hands, ready to pin my fingers to the keyboard if