I'm Living My Words

Today we began talking about how to add details to our writing. We are starting with sensory detail, something with which they are familiar....

Thinking I am finding myself questioning a few things this year because I am in a new grade level. As some of you know, I looped with my kin...

Happy sigh. That is my feeling after the first six days of school. When I looked back at my first days of school post from last year, I am r...

So many celebrations are unfolding this week.  Ruth Ayres shared Chalk-A-Bration with her readers at Ruth Ayres Writes this week.  I will ge...

I am lucky enough to loop with my students to first grade this year. I am truly excited to see each of them again. I know it will be a chall...

Anticipation, excitement, notebooks, pens, ideas...these among other things are what I was carrying around this morning as I got myself read...

Writing has become so much more than words on a page. I see and appreciate so much more about the writing process since becoming a writer my...