Several students have shared how helpful the second graders were in answering questions these past two weeks. I'm sure there will be som...

The second graders proved to be a valuable resource for last week's question. A number of first graders caught me in the hall to say tha...

It has been cold here in Wisconsin this past week. It has also been raining a lot and last night it even snowed! In the middle of October! (...

From a question about a  man in a hat to a question about a boy wearing a crown. Where should we go next? Hat ... crown ... How about shoes?...

Last week's question was about a hat, so I thought we'd take the next step: from hat to crown . That sure is an impressive crown wo...

Fall is upon us and cooler temperatures are sure to follow. (Or, depending on where you live, those cooler temperatures have already arrive...

Here we go with week 2 of the PBID challenge. You might recognize the image and know the book immediately, but can you answer the question?...

Welcome to Week 1 of the Picture Book Identification Challenge! We're going to start with a well known picture book, one many of you wi...

Last year, classrooms, teachers, and students in our school district were invited to participate in the Ultimate Character Tournament , an o...

The K-1 Public Vote Results. If you follow me on Twitter, by now you will have seen tweets about #TheCharacterTournament . There have be...

Most seventh graders believe they live in the most boring town in the world. Ask one. Or maybe they have already offered that information...

So there’s this fuzzy purple guy and he’s just standing there. And then this taller fuzzy orange guy comes and he’s all like pointing at ...

If you haven’t yet read 2013 Newbery Medal winning The One and Only Ivan , you are missing what many consider a modern classic of childre...

The book clarifies this on page two, so I’ll jump right in so everybody understands. Yes, Drywater Gulch had a problem with toads, but no...

Sometimes technology is pretty cool. I was listening to a third grader read Mercy Watson Fights Crime and mentioned that Leroy Ninker, t...

As a fan of Encyclopedia Brown growing up - and to be honest, I never solved the crime before reading the solution in the back of the bo...