Nine Ways to Prep for a Sub

1. Don’t! Ignore that cough. Cancel that meeting. Show up to class with a box of Kleenex and a bottle … More

Fun, Simple, and Sustainable!

Technology has it benefits, but sometimes I wish I could go back to teaching the way it was when there … More

In addition to all the MLK plays featured in my last post, here’s more great reader’s theater for Black History … More

Whether for RT or stage performance, here are half-a-dozen kid-friendly scripts to ramp up your MLK Day celebrations and Black … More

One of the greatest things my mother ever did for me was regularly take me to the public library when … More

Seven years ago I assigned my fifth grade class a task called Letter to Myself at Graduation. “I want your … More

“Talk Like a Russian Day” was a big hit in my classroom. Though it coincided with certain political events, there … More

While digging around for something to write about this week I stumbled upon a transcript from a pretty cool podcast … More

My plays often make return appearances in Scholastic’s Storyworks magazine, such as The Daring Escape of Henry “Box” Brown this … More

The Common Core requires that we teach students to “evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event … More