Youtube video: Watch it on YouTube Do you focus more on teaching the writing process or teaching writing form in your classroom?  In this episode, we are digging into the difference between teaching the writing process and teaching writing form. You might not have given this much thought ... READ the POST

 Youtube video: Watch it on YouTube Do you have a plan for your guided reading this year? Do you know how to prepare your students for it? I know that sometimes as teachers we guilt ourselves if we can’t get guided reading started right away, so I want to lift some of that burden from your ... READ the POST

 Youtube video: Watch it on YouTube Do you use literacy centers in junior classrooms? In this episode, I am talking about what literacy centers look like in my junior classroom because they look a little different from centers in my primary classrooms. As junior students go through the ... READ the POST

 Youtube video: Watch it on YouTube How does teaching language arts make you feel? Overwhelmed? Stressed out? Unsatisfied?   It is easy to feel frustrated when it seems like in order to create a rigorous language arts program that actually engages your students, you have to give up all of ... READ the POST

What’s the biggest barrier to meeting students’ needs in your classroom? Time.  You’re being pulled in so many different directions, and you only have a finite amount of time.  If you’re spending all of your time planning an entire language arts program from beginning to end, you’re taking ... READ the POST