Has spelling gone the way of the dodo bird? Not in my classroom! While some see spelling as a waste of time, I disagree. Research shows th...

How many words should a fourth grader learn in one year? Three thousand, or about eight words per day, according to "Vocabulary Acquisi...

How can we help students build their reading comprehension? Encourage students to read independently.  "Independent Reading and Scho...

Instruction of reading in intermediate grades has changed since we were in school. Heck, it's changed in the last few years! As my stude...

My class will soon welcome a new member: a teacher candidate (AKA student teacher). Today's post marks the first of many that will accli...

A teacher friend of mine was delighted with the content of her students' constructed responses, but the paragraphs were choppy. "Ho...

Take a look at the first finished building for our miniature Diagon Alley! Two students in my fourth grade class built Madam Malkin's Ro...