Here’s the thing. I don’t mind parents at all. In fact, I like them in a one-on-one setting. I love getting to know my students’ families. I do not love Back-to-School Night. Instead of a one-to-one setting, Back-to-School Night is a billion-to-one setting, which, for an introvert like me is akin to a fish being[…]Continue Reading
In class, close reading, the slow, deliberate, purposeful reading and rereading of text, lends itself to shorter passages. But many of the books that our students read and love are novels. To incorporate close-reading lessons with novels, it’s important to choose the perfect passage. Here are six types of passages that really work for close[…]Continue Reading