Whether it is in a book that we read, news that we hear, a label that we read, or in a conversation with another, each one of us encounters words in our world that we are not familiar with. What are your go-to strategies in deciding what the …Read More

In this post, Arlene responds to a question from a reader: “I am curious if you all or anyone in the Dock for Learning Community has ideas on how to do good character evaluation on report cards… I’m curious how other schools do this and would be open …Read More

Imagine asking your students to raise their hands if they think they can read. If you aren’t teaching kindergarten or first grade, I’m guessing most, if not all, would raise their hands. Now imagine having them read a story, then asking them to raise their hands if they …Read More

Winter is the perfect time to find a cozy book and snuggle down to read.  In a classroom where literacy is of great importance, students always enjoy a good read from the teacher.  These five books are not only winter stories but also have other literary and academic …Read More

A man who has not read Homer is like a man who has not seen the ocean. There is a great object of which he has no idea.  -Walter Bagehot Homer, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle and other classical Greek and Roman thinkers were for centuries considered, in the …Read More