Although I haven’t seen it yet (watching it this evening!), I want to take the opportunity to promote a production of Luna by Ramon Esquivel that is being performed this weekend by students from Advanced Learning Academy and CAST Tech. Several of my former students are performing in the play and working back stage, and … Read more
As I continue to educate myself on anti-racism, I have vowed to devote a weekly post to this cause. I have been curating resources for this at a rate that is impossible to sustain, and it has been a bit overwhelming. I don’t want to dump a lot of links on you because you can … Read more
Back in 2015, I found out about CommonLit from Richard Byrne and pointed people to his post to learn more about this free resource for teachers. Since then, CommonLit has added a Guided Reading feature that can really be helpful for differentiation in your classroom, Book Pairings, and probably a few other tools that I … Read more
As pretty much anyone who attends an ISTE conference will tell you, one of the most important features of the entire event is the connections that you make. With the explosion of social media many educators have been able to find like-minded colleagues around the globe through Twitter chats, Facebook Posts, or blogging. But when … Read more
On Monday, I wrote about Tarr’s Toolbox and one of the resources you can find there, the “Wheel of Life.” My 4th graders have been reading Tuck Everlasting (R.I.P. Natalie Babbitt, who died October, 2016), which uses wheels and circles for symbolism throughout the novel. They have also been discussing the attributes of the main characters, … Read more
I decided to go with a book theme for this week’s Phun Phriday post, as I noticed this seemed to be a trend in the articles I was saving to my Flipboard magazine lately. Here are some clever literary creations I’ve collected: In Jane Mount’s Etsy shop, you will find hand-made enamel book pins of … Read more