Monday, September 12, 2016. Is a story about building, planning, teamwork and problem-solving. It takes a team to build a tree house. But what if that team includes one very bossy moose who is not a good team-player? Read the story and then challenge your students to work as a team to build a pyramid out of cups. The catch? No one is allowed to touch the cups directly with their hands or any part of their body. You can find a formal lesson plan here.

Wednesday, March 7, 2018. On and off for nearly a decade, I had the extraordinary pleasure of digging through school library closets for class sets of titles deemed relevant to a state curriculum for teenage students. Sometimes I got a choice. The Lord of the Flies.

Best in Rhyme Award 2015. Golden Quill Poetry Contest 2015. RhyPiBoMo 2015 Master Registration List. 52 Week Ilustration Challenge 2014. 52 Week Illustration Challenge 2015. Angie Karcher, Darshana Khian.

Thursday, December 18, 2014. The release date is tentatively set for July 2015! Thursday, March 20, 2014. I already cast my vote.

My personal and professional journey through life and death. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Last week, Monday through Saturday, I was in Seattle, Washington, for a work conference with the Association of Oncology Social Workers. Two perspectives on the same work of art at the Chihuly Garden and Glass. We ate wood fired pizza.

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I found a fun and educational book this week at the library. This book would be perfect for teachers to read with elementary students at the beginning of a plant unit, for teachers to use to teach regular and irregular verbs, and for families feeling antsy with cabin fever. Read it and see if you can keep from tumbling, bouncing or sprinkling along! The boy woke.

Reader, Writer, Miner of Moments. Before the Common Core State Standards were introduced in 2010, people rarely discussed nonfiction craft. In fact, many people thought there was no such thing.