The View from Room 105

I was recently asked this question by a clergyman. "Do you like what you do at work?" I responded emphatically, "I love it! I...

A child reads fluently. This means they can read right? NOT!!! Ask that child some questions! Fluency + comprehension = reading (some would...

I am currently reading a book titled, "6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide Grades 3 and Up" by Ruth Culham. This is not fo...

A colleague encouraged us to tweet our crazy high stakes testing stories using the hashtag #PSSACraziness. I blogged earlier about some of ...

I was in the 6th grade the first time I read Lois Lowry's "The Giver." My mother and I read it together. We were both thorough...

I just ran into a retired school police officer. "Are you a teacher," he asks "Yes, how do you know?" "I saw the...

So, teachers were instructed to cover the spring collages that decked the halls of a particular elementary school in preparation for the ...