The YES! Magazine article, “Living Large in a Tiny House,” by Carol Estes is a story about Dee Williams downsizing from a three-bedroom house for an 84-square-foot bungalow. Students will use Dee’s ...

The YES! Magazine article, “Why My Dad’s Going Green” by Kate Sheppard is a story about Kate’s relationship with her father and how they found a way to reconcile their differences and make peace.

The Thousand Words Project was an exciting lesson in my classroom; students were engaged and were able to see a new way of approaching writing. Students who are visual learners got a chance to ...

Hold a short discussion about whether or not they liked the article read for homework so they have an opportunity to air their opinions. Ask each student to sum up their initial "gut" reactions to the ...

In the first five years of teaching, writing lesson plans was absolutely necessary for me. Meticulously I planned the period, minute to minute insuring that everything was covered... just in case.