True confessions: I don’t really like teaching a whole class novel

For years and years I taught whole class novels. I taught them because I thought I had to…I mean reading is soooooo … More

El verano fabuloso- a game to start the year

Today was The First Day of School! And, because I can’t help myself, I’m already planning a game for Day … More

This Spring I got the phone call nobody wants: grandma is in the hospital. I dropped everything and headed down … More

Some days I’ve got my ducks all in a row. Yesterday I was lucky to get all my ducks in … More

What used to be my least favorite project, something that I dreaded every year, is now my favorite way to … More

Yippee! New (to me!) books arrived today. I spent most of Friday’s prep perusing Mike Peto’s My Generation of Polyglots Book … More

I love this game because they read, and reread and reread… It’s like a triple whammy of comprehensible input! This … More

Here are the titles in my Free Reading Library, organized by level. This is by no means an exhaustive list of … More

Dr. Krashen tells us that reading is important and supposed to be enjoyable: “Specifically, I am recommending a certain kind … More

Last year I stepped up my FVR (Free Voluntary Reading) game. In the past I always had lots of children’s’ … More