As the school year is off to a good start, I like to reflect upon and think about the ways that I use certain activities, or types of activities in my classroom. One of my favorite category of resources to create and use (and one that has always been a student favorite) is the color [...]

Teaching reading is one of my greatest passions, as you probably already know if you've been reading along. But as much as I love reading with and to my students... as much as I loved listening to discussions... I wasn't really sure how to balance writing good chapter questions. In the beginning I struggled with [...]

Recently I received an e-mail with an opportunity to work with a company called Innovation Press.  They send me a few books to create some resources for and each time, I have been absolutely in love with the teaching opportunities that these books open up! Note:This post contains affiliate links. As a part of the [...]