Back in the 90's when I was an elementary librarian, the remake of King Kong was released, and so I thought we'd have a little fun w...

Three chapters of Crossover had convinced me that Kwame was a genius... a genius-wordsmith.  Look at this list of SAT words, or valuable v...

One of the CCSS shifts focuses on the direct correlation between vocabulary and comprehension.   We as educators are told to spotlight the ...

I love to shovel snow on a peaceful morning when there's only a few inches.  The silence is golden, the beauty is unsurpassed, and the f...