Homework Excuses
The dreaded weekly reading log. I didn’t like it as a parent, and to be honest, I didn’t love it as a teacher. It wasn’t the actual […]
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Encourage Choice for Middle School Readers and Writers
A great way to introduce ourselves to our students at the beginning of the year is to share who we are as readers and writers. […]
In The Middle Book Study
Several summers ago, I set up an online course for my teachers to collaborate and learn through the summer with Nancy Atwell’s book , In […]
Recently Retired Teacher
30 years. For 30 years I’ve called myself a teacher. I haven’t always officially been called a classroom teacher; I’ve been called an academic achievement […]