What are Mentor Texts? The Most Amazing Teaching Tool!
I love a simple, easily accessible teaching tool, don’t you? Even better if it’s one that can be used in many different ways. More bonus points if it’s something I…
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…
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…
Interactive Read Aloud vs Read Aloud: Which is Better?
Read Aloud or Interactive Read Aloud…Which should you do? So many terms in the literacy world are so similar, they can be incredibly confusing. Case in point: read alouds and…
Know Better, Do Better
There are a few reasons for my why–why I’m on a mission to help as many teachers as I can to refine their craft and feel more confident in doing…