My Writing Stories that Only I Can Tell

Last Friday was my students' 5th grade Memoir Publishing Party. Last Wednesday, I was collecting the students' memoirs, just two...

My 5th graders are writing memoirs right now.  Here is the memoir I wrote while guiding them through their memoir unit of study. ...

Before That by Pigeon   Pigeon and Duckling share a hot dog while Pigeon realizes that the Duckling is very clever! Before...

Spoiler alert ...   If you haven't read the novels Rain, Reign by Ann Martin or Wonder by R.J. Palacia,  READ THEM!  and then y...

This year, I wasn't so worried. Not like last year. Last year was my first year doing this challenge. Last year, I was worried. I wasn...

I entered my house, sat down on the couch, and closed my eyes for a moment, before making dinner Before that, I walked my homeroom class d...

1. Kathy Collins suggested a way to know more about a reader is to look at a reader's SHELFIE - a photo of the stack of books they rece...