Teach the Reader, Not Just Reading

There’s yet another reading war going on.  For educators my age or older, this makes us roll our eyes, because the exact same core argument rears up nearly every decade…

How to Quickly Assess Student Writing

How many times have you lugged home a stack of student writing with the goal of getting it all graded?  And how many times has that stack remained in your…

Powerful Instruction: Interactive Read Aloud

Raise your hand if you often feel like you never feel like you have enough time.  How about this one:  do you ever feel like your kids just aren’t getting…