The Logan Family Saga, by Mildred D. Taylor Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Grade Level: 3 - 8+ Short Synopsis The Logan Family...

I often hear from parents who are struggling to understand why their children think writing is hard. In this series of articles, we'll...

As we near the end of the school year, some of us may be waiting to hear if our child is ready to progress to the next grade level. The...

As much as I enjoy adding the Read Alongs to our YouTube Channel, I find they lack the depth needed to support diving into a text. The...

A Light in the Attic, by Shel Silverstein Publisher: Harper Grade Level: 3 - 8 Short Synopsis As April is National Poetry Month it seems...

I often hear from parents who are struggling to understand why their children think writing is hard. In this series of articles, we'll...

I can remember how my mom helped me to learn to read. Every day she taped a new word to an object in our house for me to find and learn....

It has been more decades than I would like to admit, but I can still remember the first time I met Ramona Quimby. She wasn't just another...

The "I Am Poem" is an easy way to encourage children to expresses themselves. The "I Am Poem" is essentially a series of prompts for your...

The Wild Robot, 1 by Peter Brown Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers Grade Level: 3 - 7 Short Synopsis When ROZZUM unit 7134...

When I teach writing I, like many others, teach writing as a process. The process intends to teach writers to draft and revise before...

The scholarship on reading is rich and consistent. Everyone seems to agree that reading is important. There have been challenges to what...

We started Sonrise Tutoring a little over a year ago to share our collective experience with others. As parents and educators we saw a...

Fall is the perfect time for pies. Pumpkin pie. Apple pie. Pecan Pie. Who doesn't love pie? But I love pie for another reason. PIES is a...

As we move into middle school, the assignments become longer and more complex. Working with your middle schooler to set SMART goals can...

There is a defining moment in our recent national history. A moment that divides those of us who remember what happened from those of us...

Summer may not technically be over until the end of September, but for many of us, Labor Day always signals an end to funfilled summer...

With so much going on in the world around us it is important to share the news with our children. Watching the evening news might be a...

As we begin the fall term, we are all asked to be flexible. Some of us are back in the classroom. Some of us are learning online. Some of...

The digital world presents so many temptations to forget to love ourselves and those around us, but we don't have to give in to those tempt