Teachers for Teachers | Blog: Perspectives

A wise mentor once told me to think about gardening when it comes to curriculum. Many literacy leaders and educators fall into the...

14 May, 2019 / 7 Comments

Ode to a Teacher Drink what’s meant to be hot when it’s cold And what’s meant to be cold when it’s hot Eating lunch at one’s...

07 May, 2019 / 13 Comments

NCTE invited all of us to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Children’s Book Week by sharing text sets that create space for our students to...

02 May, 2019 / 0 Comments

NCTE #BuildYourStack is celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Children’s Book Week. I was looking for ways to join the celebration. I posted my...

30 April, 2019 / 4 Comments

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17 April, 2019 / 3 Comments

Books became our language. Books became our home. Books became our lives. We learned to read,...

10 April, 2019 / 3 Comments

You're slicing again … I thought it was over. This was my family’s reaction as I sat down in my chair this evening to write...

03 April, 2019 / 6 Comments

Every year, at the moment of truth, just as I pulled my hair back, bent down, closed my eyes and inhaled, my dad...

31 March, 2019 / 13 Comments

Hey. I turn and see him moving toward me. It’s like a game of Frogger is being played down the hallway as he leaps his...

30 March, 2019 / 8 Comments

I listen to the students as they turn and talk about the reviews they are writing. I don’t quite know what I am...

29 March, 2019 / 13 Comments