Technology has it benefits, but sometimes I wish I could go back to teaching the way it was when there … More
Category: Free Stuff
Great Reader’s Theater for Martin Luther King Day
Whether for RT or stage performance, here are half-a-dozen kid-friendly scripts to ramp up your MLK Day celebrations and Black … More
A Well-Paced Play
My class of fifth graders staged a nifty trio of plays recently. Eric paced about the stage as the insanely … More
How to Swipe a Free Play Part 2
A few weeks ago I blogged tongue-in-cheek about swiping reader’s theater scripts through nefarious means, so I thought I’d follow … More
5 Ways to Swipe a Free Play
I’m sure you remember those big FBI warnings at the beginning of our old VHS movies. Aren’t you glad the … More
Checkbooks & Taxes
While digging around for something to write about this week I stumbled upon a transcript from a pretty cool podcast … More
It’s Not Too Late to Celebrate Black History Month!
My plays often make return appearances in Scholastic’s Storyworks magazine, such as The Daring Escape of Henry “Box” Brown this … More
Pairing Picture Books & Plays for Black History Month
The Common Core requires that we teach students to “evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event … More
So You Want to Be President?
Ah, politics. Everywhere you turn, folks are questioning the qualifications and competencies of each of the current candidates for the … More
Desk Rent is Due Friday!
No doubt you’ve had kids ask, “Why do we need to know this stuff?” In my classroom, we spend a … More