A coworker posed a question to me on Friday and I stewed on it all weekend. How would I teach Greek and Latin roots to middle grade studen...

Hubris.  That's how I entered the "green" week with SDAWP Photo Voices--with hubris. Green? What a breeze! It's summer in ...

I'm puttering around this post trying to figure out how to describe what became, this Spring, a phenomenon in my classroom. It's...

If you are old like me, or like I'm fixin' to be soon, you might remember this commercial: Rather than launch into a discussi...

A very smart, very talented lady gave me this idea this Summer (Thank You to Mrs. R!) as a way to develop vocabulary skills. She is a word-l...

I re-learned something I think I knew once. Journal-writing is good. Systematic sustained writing on a daily basis improves writing.  It jus...

Earlier this summer I was struck by a piece of brilliance. No jokes please.... I was watching the new Green Lantern movie  and learnin...

I haven't posted a Caped Crusader of the Week in...  oh...  a gabillion weeks .  But that's okay because I just spent a month wi...

I took the plunge.  I started a Twitter account and linked it to Wear the Cape.  I thank SDAWP * and the National Writing Project for ligh...