Poetry is an often forgotten genre of reading in the classroom.  I know I've been guilty of bypassing reading it to my students. With mo...

Turn on the news or go online and hate, anger, and violence are the top stories.  Or nature and fires seem never-ending, causing animals to ...

Along with honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this week is our union's one year "strikeversary". What a perfect time to ref...

Love. It seems like such a timely theme to showcase… a new decade! What better way is there to begin 2020 than by showing love, kindness an...

HONESTY. What a timely topic, especially in light of our current times! Once again, picture books to the rescue to teach theme and character...

Bullying. It has become such a buzz word that is often casually thrown around. October is National Bullying Prevention Month and picture ...

Are you looking for new tools to enhance your teaching of students with dyslexia or other reading barriers? Will you be working with student...

Now that the hype of Halloween is over and everyone is crashing from their sugar highs, November always feels like a relief. I love shifting...