The last time I (Heather) trained for the New York City Marathon, I made it a habit to run my recovery runs (the shorter and slower runs...

In the first blog of this two-part series, Heather shared a possible process for creating student-facing writing progressions. You can...

Each day, I am in awe of the generosity, support, and love that educators, authors, librarians, and good people from all corners of our...

Writing is a personalized and vulnerable act. Without a doubt, it takes bravery and courage to put words on paper that will be shared...

While doing a bit of professional reading as a new second grade teacher, I came across something called a craft study. My grade level...

In this technological era where google docs are the typical medium and our classrooms are full of digital natives, online feedback is not...

Mark Twain's writerly advice, to "write what you know,” certainly holds true for me. Life often fuels my writing, whether I’m creating...

Words matter, and English teachers use a lot of them. Most of us tend to (over) rely on our favorite catchphrases: the phrasings,...

Last fall, I was fortunate enough to have two books published within a few weeks of each other—one for adults, and one for children. Two...

The heart of teaching literacy is this: to support learners as they become passionate, engaged, skillful readers and writers. That is it....