Today I am excited to welcome fourth graders from the class of teacher Ken Hand and Intermediate Literacy Coordinator Kristie Miner.  Th...

I have been writing "poems about poems" for the past few months of Poetry Fridays, and today brings #15.  While I'm not...

First I would like to say hello to any classrooms of students who are following along here. Yesterday I received a lovely e-mail from four...

Today is a beautiful Poetry Friday, with so much to share.  First, I feel fortunate to give you this poem by Emily Hoock of Pinehurst...

When I taught fifth grade, our class studied light each year.  Every group had a cardboard box with holes at the en...

Today marks 10% of my year to write and post a daily children's poem.  It is fascinating how anything can become a ...

First, a hearty "Thank you!" to Elaine over at Wild Rose Reader .  She has been drawing names for poetry books all month, and y...

Right now, our son has a 'vacation mohawk', a long-wished-for and one-week haircut.  NaPoWriMo #...