I read Elizabeth Bartholet’s attack of homeschooling on Harvard Magazines website, a day after I began writing a four-part blog series...

During the month of February, we read about President Lincoln. It was his birthday month and Presidents Day month, so I pulled out our...

Think about how you learn a new word and apply those same principles to your instruction. That is one way I think about instruction, the...

I created a video about this topic on IGTV as well (you can watch it by clicking here) and I basically took said there and wrote it here....

Readers need a toolbox full of tools for them to use to enable them to understand whatever they read (assigned or not) to the best of...

An important aspect to teach readers is how to self-monitor their misunderstandings. Good readers have a few fix-it strategies in their...

Our end goal as educators should be to create life-long learners. In order to accomplish this we must value the ability to read and...

My teaching certification is in secondary English/Language Arts. Reading and writing is my specialty, especially with the 7-12 grade...

I'm going to approach this post as a Q&A session while giving the tools of my writer's (homeschool and tutoring students) favorite...

When it comes to little minds we are to build a solid foundation in reading and writing. That is our primary goal. Otherwise, the...

First off I want to thank you for your patience during this time of our life! We've been in flux and limbo land for the month of July,...