21 Excellent New Picture Books, April 2025
Wowza, does April have a lot of excellent picture books! I wanted to stop reviewing books at about ten, but there were too many good… The...
The Puppet…Another Original Flash Fiction by Request
Can you believe I’m still fighting off infections? Yeah, and I also had my latest immune-suppressant infusion. So it’s beat it back, let it in, beat...
Seven Notable New Middle Grade Books, March 2025
Who wants a good middle grade book? I’ve been struggling to get hooked on a good book lately, maybe you have, too. But hooray, hoorah,… The...
Incredible New Nonfiction Children’s Books, March 2025
I love this batch of nonfiction books for kids with some fabulous titles about animals and the environment, just in time for Spring and Earth… The...
Coding Mars
This is an audio recording and the presentation slides from “Coding Mars with Minecraft Makecode and Scratch,” my presentation on March 25, 2025 at the NCMLE ‘Middle...
Microaggressions in Middle School
These are my notes from Dr. Laurie A Ramirez’ presentation, “Microaggressions at the Middle – What are they and what do we do about them?“ at...
Wisdom from Heather Smith
Heather Smith is the 2024 North Carolina Teacher of the Year! She teaches 8th grade math teacher at Waynesville Middle School in Haywood County Schools. These...
Wisdom from Heather Smith
Heather Smith is the 2024 North Carolina Teacher of the Year! She teaches 8th grade math teacher at Waynesville Middle School in Haywood County Schools. These...
Teaching Local History
These are my notes from Liz Davis’ presentation “Local History: Universal Truths – Exploring and enriching Hometowns at the March 24, 2025 NCMLE ‘Middle School Matters’...
Road to Awesome
These are my notes from Darrin Peppard’s keynote at the March 24, 2025 NCMLE ‘Middle School Matters’ Conference. MY THOUGHT AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS....
