For years, on March 2nd, we used to don red & white striped hats in honor of the Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss' birthday. In recent y...

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...

March kicks off National Reading Month , and as a voracious reader myself, it is always one of my favorite times of the year! Rather than c...

You're never too old to be read to and who doesn't love a good picture book? I always begin the school year reading picture books t...

"My child won't stop reading!" When I hear THAT parent complaint, I know that I've been successful! One of my goals is ...

Getting my brain wrapped around going back to school. . . I've noticed my attention span has definitely gotten shorter. . . so I thought...

Asking students to describe a character or write about a character often leads to physical descriptions: "The boy is 9. He has black h...

Memorizing vocabulary lists. . . blech! As my students read, they write words on sticky notes: words they are unsure of, feel are import...

If you are wanting your students to STOP and THINK about their reading (instead of racing to finish), then ABC books are a simple solution! ...

Whenever I think of loving to read, I think of fiction and novels. According to Educational Leadership (December 2012-January 2013) : ...