Two easy ways to promote independent reading
Here’s a book stand that I found at one of my schools. You’ll notice that the books are really old. (I’m not sure that students will snatch u...
Category: reading
Haunting: “The Country That Stopped Reading”
Today’s Iserotope Extras article is an op-ed about the state of education in Mexico, where high school diplomas yield functionally illiterate graduates u...
The classroom library mirroring project
I’m happy to report that our Kindle e-book library has now passed the 200-title barrier! Now it’s time to get serious about achieving one of my dre...
What’s authentic about independent reading?
When I first started out as a teacher, I was the king of authentic performance assessments. In English, when I wanted my students to read Native Son or Animal ...
Book review: My Beloved World (★★☆☆)
I really like Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She’s a hero. So that’s why I was really excited to read her memoir, My Beloved World. Althoug...