I am just dying to have a break, aren't you? I close my eyes and imagine it. NOPE! Not Happening! Not THIS Mama! Not THIS House! Not...

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My Review of Counting By 7's by Holly Goldberg Sloan This is a masterpiece book with everything you expect from a modern middle school...

Writing. It seems like an open and closed thing to just write something down, but it is not. Writing is like baking - It is a multi-step...

Well... I cannot say how you should grade an essay, but I can tell you how I do it! Each teachers has their own way and their own...

So what is a Language Arts Mentor - aren't they just a teacher with a different name? A mentor is a trusted advisor, someone who has...

Commas - sigh - there is so much stress surrounding such a little thing! Almost every time I ask a new group of students, "how do you...

OY! Have you tried to use some of the Tutorials out there? They all assume you know your way around... not this one! This is the...

It is a new year - do you make resolutions? More importantly, do you keep them? A resolution to do something you should do, but prefer to...

I love that the texts are written directly to the student in language they can understand. They work systematically through skills ...