No bright uploaded image here; it's wet and chilly in Montgomery County, MD and I'm in a glowersome mood. I was looking forward on T...

This isn't the first time I've likened the publication of a new book to the birth of a baby, but the effort this past 10 days has go...

Today Poetry Friday is hosted by Susan Taylor Brown --thanks! In our county, first graders spend the fall on a science unit about Rocks, Soi...

Today's poem is really part of a song from Tom Chapin's album "Billy the Squid." In case you don't know him, Tom Chapi...

Poetry Friday is hosted today at Crossover by Kelly Herold. Today will be my fourth day with a rather phenomenal group of 1st graders. The...

Poetry Friday is hosted today by The Boy Reader. Nice to meet you, Kyle--a fellow teacher who will be helping me reflect on my new job as L...

I didn't notice it last week under the coastal sky at Rehoboth Beach, DE, but now that we're back in leafy Bethesda, it's clear...

Oh dear. I can't decide if I'm delighted or dejected to finally find my way to the wealth of promoformation at the bubblestampede b...

I have an exciting new teaching job starting in a month (yesterday I had my first official meeting with the Reading Specialist), and in my ...

Somewhere towards the beginning of 2nd grade, the silent reading speed of my sharp little D1 (F, now heading for 5th grade) surpassed my own...

I may be the last poet to discover the Favorite Poem Project , but just in case not, here's a sample of the glory of this idea of Robert...

I'm here for the first time in beautiful downtown Chautauqua, New York--one week late for the Highlights Foundation Writers' Worksho...