The other day, it had been one year since I started note. Thanks to those who read and support me, I have been able to continue this far. Thank you so much.To coincide with the start of my second year ...

"Kindness," "gratitude," "promises"—when you show these door-opening words to 4th graders, many children will have a look ...

On a Friday morning near the end of June, Fran O’Malley posed a question to a classroom of students. “Can you think of an example of ‘freedom from’ and ‘freedom to’ in our democracy?” he asked. The ...

Next year, I’m teaching fourth grade in Houston, Texas. I really have no idea what that’s going to be like, because I’m from New York City, I spent four years in Washington and one time I had a ...

The two fourth grade lesson plans are based on the Spanish poem, Despedida which is attributed to Jorge Louis Borges and the English nonfiction text Would you Sail on the (new) Titanic? which can be ...