A couple years ago, I reconnected with four former students, now adults, who had been sophomores in my high school English class. Two of those students, Donna and Mai, invited my husband and me for ...

I’ve been teaching high school for 22 years, and even though requests wax and wane throughout the years, I write, on average, about 15 recommendation letters per year. That’s 330 letters at about ...

Want to teach your kids how to write a letter? Start by reading children’s books picture mentor texts filled with letter writing, and use them as examples! Mentor texts like these children’s books ...

Last week, the two of us had a conversation about school leaders who would be leading and making decisions related to the spread of COVID-19. That conversation turned into a set of guidelines that we ...

I just finished my 66th, and last, semester of teaching high school English. A few years ago, as part of being a mentor to a new teacher, I wrote a letter to my first-year teaching self, then gave it ...

(bright upbeat music) - Hi learners. Welcome back to Teaching in Room 9, our region's largest classrooms. My name is Julia. I'm a second grade teacher at this large school and here for Teaching in ...