I love to use Scavenger Hunts in my classroom and I have lots of them! Sometimes due to time constraints, I don’t have time to use them all in my classroom. Just recently l have started to use them digitally.… [...]

After teaching young writers for 18 years, I’ve found that getting a kid started is the biggest hurdle to writing success. If you can get them going, you are more than halfway there! Ever since I started using Lists to… [...]

Are parent-teacher conferences in your near future? Getting organized is important. It can be challenging to communicate everything you want guardians to know in a short 10 or 15 minute… The post 6 Easy Ways to Prepare for Parent-Teacher Conferences… [...]

If you teach writing in middle school, I’ve got some more super helpful, easy-to-use tips to make your life easier! Before long you’ll love teaching writing, and you’ll breeze through those towering piles of papers and get back to what’s… [...]