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Occasionally, I repost this article so that new readers can find it more easily.  Based on some very enthusiastic feedback, it has since morphed into a book proposal called The Top Secret New Teachers Handbook.  I'll share more as it ...

I'm referring, of course, to my new Interactive Whiteboard. I think I'm going to name my second child Promethean.

An (aspiring) Educator is hosting this week's Carnival of Education #178.  I've tweaked my How to Take Control of Your Teaching list and although it's still in an evolving state, you can read it here.  Enjoy the Carnival and the ...

As I teach Narrative, I eventually get to the proper rules of Dialogue.   In their Writer's Notebook, they take notes on the following PowerPoint by writing down the numbered rules.  They generally don't copy down the entire example.  It's meant ...

 Here's how I have set up this lesson:    Having been trained in the America's Choice Writer's Workshop as well as History Alive, I have my students keep a Writer's Journal with a running Table of Contents.  This is a journal that ...