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A-Z Index of Blog Posts
5 Tips and Tricks for Teaching the Argumentative Essay
5 Reflections and 15 Resources to Ignite Your Passion for Diverse Books
5 Ways to Respond When You Are Asked to Censor Classroom Material
10 Criteria for Choosing Diverse Texts for Your Classroom
10 Grammar Resources to Use Today
10 Inspiring Passion Projects for the Soul
10 Questions New Teachers Should Be Asking
10 Strategies for Reading and Writing Conferences to Try This School Year
10 TED Talks for the Teacher Who Needs Inspiration
10 Ways to Use Your Cell Phone to Make Teaching Easier
12 Picture Books to Help Teach Social & Emotional Learning Lessons
14+ Posts That Will Help You Feel Ready for Back-to-School
14+ Posts with Strategies to Tackle Grading
25+ Tips for Teaching Your Toughest Class
30 Diverse Mentor Texts for Young Activists
30 Middle-Grade Novels to Add to Your Classroom Library NOW!
50 Classroom Appropriate Songs and Music to Listen to During Writing Time
75+ Poetry Books for Kids, Novels-In-Verse, and Books On Teaching Poetry for the Month of April
100+ Ideas for Any Blank Notebook
115+ Ways to Have a Winter Break All About Self-Care
A Complete Guide on How to Do a Class Research Project Focused on Activism
A Day in the Life of a Middle School English Teacher
A Diary of My Day at #NERDCAMPMI 2019
A Go-To Shopping List for Journaling Accessories
A Jumpstart Guide to Journaling Lingo
A Quick Guide to Teaching Any Middle School Academic Essay
A Sneak Peek At My Lesson Plans for the First Two Weeks of School
All About Narrative Writing: Pacing, Strategies, and Mentor Texts!
Archer & Olive Traveler's Notebook Journal 4.33 x 8.25"
August Back-to-School Planning in My Bullet Journal
August Bullet Journal with an Office Supply and Beauty Haul
Avoiding the Writing Teacher Struggle Bus
Battle of the B5 Notebooks: Archer and Olive vs. Dingbats - Which Reigns Supreme?
Battling Teacher Summer Burnout
Bird Doodles and Drawings in My March Bullet Journal
Book Study Materials: Ratchetdemic: Reimagining Academic Success by Christopher Emdin
Book Review: Barry Lane's "The Reviser's Toolbox"
Build Classroom Community with Where I'm From Poems and I Am Poems
Busy Night Oven Chicken Fajitas
Cheat Sheet for Launching the Research Writing Unit
Chic Sparrow Traveler's Notebook Covers A5, TN, & B6
Choose a Journaling System That Works For You
Classroom Tour: 2018-2019 School Year
Classroom Tour 2019: The Power of a Classroom Library
Classroom Tour: Chalk Brights, Rainbows, and Burlap....Oh, My!
Coffee Doodles and Drawings to Fuel My February Bullet Journal
Completely Change How You Grade With Rubric Codes
Create a Food and Recipe Journal
Create a Reading Journal for the Year
Create a Vision Board in Any Notebook
Creating the Best Planning System for Back-to-School with My Passion Planner and Bullet Journal
Cozy Fall Journaling for Everyone
Cozy Up with 30 Hygge Journaling Prompts for a Mental Boost
Daycare Affirmations for the Next Drop Off
Decorate Your November Bullet Journal with Moons and Stars
Defunk! Find Postpartum Positivity Using Mindset Shifts in your Journal
Different Ways to Deal with Teacher Burnout
Discover Your Inner Student Through This List of Learning Journaling Prompts
Diverse Texts Resource List: Brainstorming Questions with Princess Books
Diverse Texts Resource List: Listacles with Biographies
Dystopian World Exemplars...Oh My!
Easy Bake Sausage, Veggies, & Rice
Eight Take-a-Ways From Teaching Summer School This Year
Emergency Calm for the Classroom Teacher
Engaging the Senses: 10 Sensory Writing Activities for the English Language Arts Classroom
English Teacher Anxiety: Using Our Own Tools to Quiet Panic
Enhancing Speaking and Listening Skills: 25 Activities for the English Language Arts Classroom
Essay Series Part 2: Review Your Introduction and Start Your Body Paragraphs!
Essay Series Part 3 and 4: Conclusion Workshop and Using Padlet to Teach Students Peer Review
Essay Series Part 5: Giving Feedback
Everything You Need to Do an Argumentative Essay Project
Feeling Inspired by Blue Skies as I Transition to Summer in My June Bullet Journal
Find a Work-Life Balance By Using a 3 Month or Quarterly Journal
Find Inspiration in Motherhood with Creative Writing Prompts
Finding and Creating Arguments From Our Own Lives: A Lesson You Can Use Now on Argumentative Writing
First Week of Creative Writing Camp in Review
First Week Reflections for the 2017-2018 School Year
Five Signs Academic Writing is Stressing You Out
Five Tips to Make Writing Conferences Go Faster
Five Ways to Avoid Teacher Stress Eating
Focusing on Self-Care in My Bullet Journal to Stay Present in the December Holiday Season
Genre Remix Project: MLA Research Papers Reimagined
Graphic Novels Belong in All Classrooms. Here's Why.
Great Resources to Start Teaching Growth Mindset in Your Classroom
Holiday Gift Guide for the Person Who Loves Notebooks and Office Supplies
Hooked from the Start: Unleashing the Power of Narrative Hooks in Personal Narratives
How Can You Drive Engagement in Your Writer's Workshop? Use Generative Writing.
How Hop-Checks Keep the Writing Teacher Sane
How I'm Changing Grading in My Middle School English Classroom
How I Design a Novel Unit for Middle School
How I Started My Mentor Text Warm-Up Routine
How I Teach Reading AND Writing in 58 Minutes
How to Choose and Break Down a Mentor Text
How to Complete an Article of the Week!
How to Create a Remote Learning HyperDoc
How to Do an Essay Workshop for Struggling Writers
How To Do a Mid-Year Check-In with Your Bullet Journal
How to Make a Research Unit Plan in Three Hours
How to Make a Simple Budget Using Your Bullet Journal
How To Makeover a Middle School Syllabus Using Canva
How to Rock a Focused Writing Warm-Up
How to Setup a Teacher Bullet Journal and Planner
How to Teach Point of View: First Person, Second Person, and Third Person
How to Theme Each Day of Your Teacher Week to Save Your Sanity
How to Turn Your Passion Planner into a Health Journal
I Don't Hate the Five-Paragraph Essay
I Sometimes Want to Quit Teaching, But Never Do. Here's Why.
Ideas to Spark Your Culturally Responsive Teaching Mindset in Writers' Workshop
Ideas for Middle School Graphic Novel Book Clubs
Ideas for Multi-Genre Projects in Novel Study
In Response to Pernille Ripp's Post: "What Did You Want to Be This Year?"
Introduction to Journaling for Beginners
It All Starts With The Book Talk!
Journal Fixer Upper: Unleash Your Inner Designer with Journaling Inspiration from Joanna Gaines
Journaling the Things You Love
Journaling Through Motherhood: A Busy Mom's Toolkit
Journaling to Shift Your Mindset
Last Project of the Year: Students Design Their Own ELA Class
Look Here to Start a Teacher Bullet Journal
Make a Plan for Mentor Text Warm-Ups
Make it Visual! Journaling Mood Boards Make Inspiration Easy
Make Your Classroom Better By Understanding the Four Types of Motivation
Making a Teacher Self-Care Kit
Martin Luther King Jr. Mentor Text Mini-Lesson
Mastering Summaries: Skills & Strategies for English Language Arts Classrooms
MCTE Middle School Teacher of the Year Acceptance Speech
Middle-Grade Narrative Writing: Using Mentor Texts to Describe Skin Color
Middle-Grade Narrative Writing: Using Mentor Texts to Describe Characters
Middle-Grade Narrative Writing: Using Mentor Texts to Describe Setting (Snapshots)
My Plan to Get Through Standardized Testing Season with My Sanity
Narrative Writing Project Resources You Can Use Now
New Mom Routines, Giraffes, and Summer Planning in July
November Resource Round-Up: Research Writing Resources & Gratitude Warm-Ups and Materials
October Resource Round-Up: Informational Writing Resources, Sub Plans, and Spooky Warm-Ups
Paper Grading the Pomodoro Way
Paper Problem Series Post 1: Identify the Problem
Paper Problem Series Post 2: Reviewing My Systems
Paper Problem Series Post 3: Make a Plan
Paprika Sheet Pan Sausage & Shrimp Boil
Passion Planner Product Review: Undated, Academic, & Size Comparisons
Playing with Leaves, Flowers, and Shapes to Plan for the Month of May
Pumpkins, Leaves, and Ghosts to Decorate Your Bullet Journal for October
Quick Tips for Teaching the Middle School Biography Writing Project
Read Like a Writer: Teaching Tips for The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Read Like a Writer: Using The Food Group as Mentor Texts
Read Like a Writer: Using the I Am Series as Mentor Texts
Redefine Work Boundaries as a Classroom Teacher
Ribbons, Bows, and Using My Journal to Stay Present Through the Holiday Season
Second Week of Creative Writing Camp in Review
September Resource Round-Up: Plan for Self-Care and Argumentative Writing Resources
Setting a Positive Tone the First Week of Summer School
Setting Up Dystopian Book Clubs in Middle School
Setup a Daily Journal You Will Use Every Single Day
Should I Care About Lexiles and the Levels of Reading Material in My Classroom?
Show Up for Young Readers with Diverse Texts in Classroom Libraries
Sketchnotes Gallery: Students Draw to Demonstrate Thinking
Slam Poetry Videos You Can Use In Your Classroom Now
Smart Strategies for Student Research Source Pages
Start a Mentor Text Routine in 3 Easy Steps
Stopping Negative Teacher Self-Talk
Storytime Staples: The 10 Best Picture Books to Kickstart the School Year!
Supercharge Your Teaching: 25 Ways AI Can Take Your Secondary ELA Classroom to the Next Level
Teaching Narrative Summary with Pixar Shorts
Teaching Robot Stories at a Creative Writing Summer Camp
Teaching Theme Using Classroom Stations
Toddler Activities Ages 1-3: Colors
Toddler Activities Ages 1-3: Feelings
The ABC Guide to Teacher Hygge
The Art of the Warm-Up: 10 Ways to Begin Any Class
The Big Brainstorming List of Procedures and Setting Up Classroom Routines
The Big List of Motherhood Affirmations for Journaling and Life
The Best of Writing Mindset in 2017
The Best of Writing Mindset in 2018
The Best of Writing Mindset in 2019
The Essential Guide to a Compare and Contrast Essay: Introduction to the Series (Topic and Claim)
The Exact Steps You Take When Your Classroom Feels Like Chaos
The Goal of the White Educator Ally is to Stay Uncomfortable
The Grab and Go Back-to-School Planning Guide
The Meaning Behind My Blog Name: Writing Mindset
The MLA Post I Have Been Dreading to Write
The Power of Play: Find Story Ideas Everywhere with Creative Writing Play Kits
The Power of Student Journaling (No Matter Where You Are)
The Power of Three-Minute Quick Writes
The Reason I Would Leave Teaching
The Teaching Ikigai: Passion, Mission, Vocation, and Profession
The Steps I Am Taking to Recover From Fall Teacher Burnout
The Writing Teacher's Guide to Sub Plans
Toddler Activities Ages 1-3: All About Me & Affirmations
Transform Your Teacher Weekend
Trying a Traveler's Notebook System for October
Trying Fox Doodles in My Bullet Journal for November
Unlock Your Productivity with This List of Journaling Prompts
Unlocking a Fresh Start: How to Effortlessly Move Your Bullet Journal to a New Notebook
Update and Reflection on Using Rubric Codes
Use Any Journal to Plan Your Week
Use Any Planner to Track Your Baby's Daily Schedule
Use Your Bullet Journal to Plan for 2020
Using a Daily Passion Planner to Get Back on Track in September
Using Books to Inspire September Bullet Journal Planning
Using Flowers to Help Personal Narrative Writing
Using Joy Write With Novel Study (Joy Write Part 2)
Using Kahoot to Engage Student Learning
Using Mentor Texts to Analyze How Kids See Schools and Teachers
Using Mentor Texts to Teach Adjectives and Introduce Snapshots
Using Mentor Texts to Teach Compound Sentences
Using Mentor Texts to Teach Helping and Linking Verbs
Using Mentor Texts to Teach Irregular Verbs
Using Mentor Texts to Teach Onomatopoeias!
Using Mentor Texts to Teach Similes in Writing
Using Mentor Texts to Teach Simple Sentences
Using Mentor Texts to Teach Verbs of Action and Being
Using Physical Wellness Strategies to Battle Teacher Burnout
Using Poetry to Inspire My April Bullet Journal Setup
Using Routine Paragraph Writing Warm-Ups
Using Visual Thinking Strategies for ELL/ESL Learners in Your Writing Workshop
Using Where I'm From Poems to Get to Know Your Writing Self
Using Writing Frames to Help Struggling Writers
Want to Shift Your Mindset When You Hate Remote Learning? Here's How.
Warning: Students Moving While Learning the Writing Process!
Ways to Conquer Three Types of Assessments (So, I'm Not Taking Papers Home)
What I Learned Moving an In-Person Creative Writing Summer Camp Completely Online
What I Would Change About My Mentor Text Routines at the End of the Year
What My Students Really Thought About the Move to Online Learning
Where Have I Been? Joy Writing With Them (Part 1)
Why Free-Writing is My Favorite Way to Help Kids Love Writing
Why I Am Becoming a Literacy Coach After 12 Years of Teaching
Why Everybody Ought to Know About Essay Packets
Why Every Claim Statement Needs a Caterpillar
Why It Is Important to Reflect at the Beginning of Summer