Dear Maggie Cary, I couldn't take my eyes off the book! The characters are very interesting. I think that having Jack, Nina and Dee save Luna from dying with the help of his fairy sister,Lilly, and then having the fairies, Luna and Lily help Jack, Nina and Dee's sister was very compassionate and adventurous. I also love the fairies characteristics, smart, helpful, serious and last but not least caring. Your book has inspired me to...
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Guest Post by Matt Herndon What do Thomas Edison, Steven Spielberg and Winston Churchill have in common? They were geniuses. And beyond that? They were bad students. Teachers considered Edison "dull", Spielberg dropped out of college and Churchill failed sixth grade. How could that happen? Obviously it wasn't because they were dumb. Maybe it was because their school environments just weren’t right for them. Back in the old days, teachers treated all students the...
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Guest Post by Kathern Rivas Typically teacher-parent conferences are not called into session strictly because it's "routine." Usually there is a problem, either the student is acting out and causing disruption in class or is having a poor performance (sometime a combination of the two). While teacher-parent conferences can be scary for the student, it can be equally as scary for teachers—especially new teachers that don’t have much experience engaging with parents. If not handled...
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I am in the midst of a teaching unit on nonfiction and was thrilled to have this resource. If you're a regular reader of classroomtalk.com you have had the opportunity to benefit from Dawn Little's wealth of knowledge on literacy from her guest posts on this site. The author does a fantastic job of breaking down lessons into easy to teach components by scaffolding instruction. The book written for teachers of grades 3-6 has...
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Guest Post By: Eric DelaBarre It's hard to imagine, but you can actually learn how to study and get amazing results in the process. Saltwater Taffy's 7 Study Secrets for Tweens will help you today and all the way through college. One of the biggest hurdles for students is the fear of failure. I don't think anyone wants to fail a test, but if you don't study chances are you will indeed fail. If you...
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