Time Management Tips for Teachers
Ten Time Management Tips for Teachers Teaching can be a time-consuming career making it a challenge to juggle all the demands of the job. While…
Why (and How) We Should All Be Teaching Living Poets
Teaching poetry to secondary students can be a challenge. This post explores why (and how) we should all be teaching living poets to engage reluctant …
5 Reasons to Use Rubrics
The Pitfalls of Trying to Measure “All The Things” Are you using rubrics? This blog explores 5 reasons you should be. The other day, I came across…
Preparing for the Unexpected: Crisis Management in the Classroom
The desks are arranged, the pencils are sharpened, and stacks of syllabi are waiting to be dispersed. Your classroom is ready for the new school year. Or is…
Making Connections: Reimagining the Beginning of the School Year
It seems like every August the question on every teacher’s mind is: what am I going to do with students during the first few days…
Writing Instruction that Works
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Yet year after year, teachers continue to…
What We Write For
Writing for Discovery Last night, I had the joy of hosting the Northern Virginia stop of the National Writing Project’s, “Write Across America” (WAA) campaign, a…
Summer Olympics: Keeping Students Engaged in the Waning Days of School
I hadn’t stopped speaking before the glares began. Angry face after angry face greeted my words. I was thrilled. Why was I so happy that…
Encapsulate Your Learning: Time Capsules in the ELA Classroom
In December 2021, historians in Richmond, Virginia, uncovered not one, but two, time capsules that had been embedded in the base of a Confederate statue.…
Writing into Summer: End-of-Year Menu Boards
This time of year, it seems one question is at the forefront of everyone’s mind: What are we going to do with our students after…