the big picture.

by Ruth Ayres

Yesterday I received a note in snail mail from a former student who graduated this year.  Here is what it said, typed as closely as possible to the original: Thank you Mrs. Ayres,… Read More →

All Chocked-Up

by Stacey Shubitz

Regular readers of this blog might remember how impressed I was with one of my students who artfully mentored her memoir after Cynthia Rylant last month. She’s also been writing some amazing poems… Read More →

Picture Book-Palooza

by Stacey Shubitz

On Thursday afternoon my students counted the photocopies of the book covers that I have hanging on clotheslines all around our classroom. Nearly every book I’ve read (save a few whose covers I… Read More →

INSPIRATION for Memoir Mondays: Mistakes from the Past

by Stacey Shubitz

Ever do something that you look back on and think, “What was I thinking?” Well, when I came across this photo of my feet (Sorry, but I have to post it for you… Read More →