Teach Children Well

How do you contribute to your learning community?  In what ways do you foster contribution from colleagues and students? Today a host of edu...

"My Little Brother" is a poem by Ralph Fletcher I planned to create websites with my students for their poetry projects.  That...

I've spent a lot of time this summer in hospitals--it's just been one of those summers where the family's events have led to vis...

Our fourth grade curriculum, in part, is focused on culture.  We begin the year with "What's Your Culture?," a mini unit.  The...

It seems like last year was a professional year of updating and revision.  I spent a lot of time researching learning venues, organizing onl...

In Massachusetts, every fourth grader spends one day a year taking the MCAS composition test, and then they spend two more half-days reading...

Scheduling is one of the most complex activities in elementary schools.  As we employ thoughtful attention to specific learning and professi...

I've been thinking about culture this year--the culture of classrooms, families, schools and school systems. I've defined aspects o...

Yesterday afternoon we celebrated the culmination of our grade-level signature project, The Immigration/Family History Museum Project , with...

At the elementary level we are focused on strengthening essential skills, project base learning, and exposure to many learning platforms and...