Why Readers Make the Best Writers
"Read everyday. I mean it: EVERY DAY!"
Raising the Standards, 2nd Edition
Sometimes it seems like 10 years passes in the blink of an eye! In belated celebration of the first...
Creating the Perfect Reading Nook for Kids
Encouraging children to foster a love of books and reading at an early age is an excellent way to...
The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Teaching
The Read Side by Side Reading Program, a curriculum for teaching reading in grades 3-6, is designed...
What Is Assessment?
At the roots, an assessment is an inference about a child’s progress based on the collected samples...
5 Solutions for Providing Books to Families During School Closures
Printable books, online articles, e-books, and audio books are wonderful resources to support...
Reducing the COVID-Slide by Looking at Summer Slide Research
Learning loss during COVID closures have caused many to wonder, “Will students fall behind in...
Questions About Copyright During COVID-19
As teachers move from the classroom to the cloud, I am fielding a lot of questions related to...
Teaching Online: Paring Back Instruction & Limiting Technology
Publishers, organizations, and non-profits have provided a wealth of materials, links, software,...
On-Line School During COVID-19: 4 Things I Learned
My daughters’ school district launched online learning last week, only to be shut down by the state...
Mature Topics and Books in the Program
Are you reviewing the student books in the Read Side by Side Reading Program? All texts in the...
Nonfiction and the CIA Approach: 3 Things I've Learned
Everyone has that genre that they avoid. For most of my life, it was the genre nonfiction. Maybe I...
5 Tips for Making Running Records Work in Your Classroom
For years I have used running records in my classroom, both formally and informally. These...
The Pull of The Chapter Book
How does a child know that he or she has become a good reader? When you talk to children about...
Tips for Better Book Club Discussions
How do you get your students to talk during book club discussions? Sarah Collinge, author of the C....
Setting Up the Classroom Library
Setting up the classroom library can be a daunting process. How do you organize books? Do you focus...
Using Turn and Talk Stems Across the Globe
Earlier this month, Bethany and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to Macau near Hong Kong to...
Reading Test Prep: 6 Things You Are Already Doing
This is the time of year when teachers start to feel anxious about reading test prep for the...
The Joy of Summer Reading
I love summer for SO many reasons, but maybe the best part of summer for my kids and I is SUMMER...