Struggling to keep up the reading momentum
I see my students reading, and they say they’re reading, but something isn’t quite right here. They’re not finishing books as quickly as they ...
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Support the 1 Million Word Challenge!
Help a ninth grader love reading even more. Support The 1,000,000 Word Challenge. There are many ways to donate! 1. Buy a book from our Amazon wishlist. These a...
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Instead of assigning everything my students will read, I’m trying something new this year: a move to Reading Workshop in my English 9 class. My ninth gra...
Sharing rooms, changing my vision
I’m still frustrated after hearing that I’ll be teaching in two classrooms and sharing my own. (It’s now “our” room.) Since April,...
My students will love ‘A Place to Stand’
Jimmy Santiago Baca’s A Place to Stand is an excellent memoir that I’m sure my ninth grade Latino boys will love. This is not your run-of-the-mill, ...