On a recommendation from two people I admire in teaching, I picked up Suleika Jaouad’s book The Book of Alchemy. I just started it, but I can already feel its effects: I want to create and journal and draw and read. I love books that inspire me either to create or to think deeply. This... Continue Reading →
We’ve been snowed in for DAYS now, and as such, it was a great time to check off some of my yearly reading list. I (Holly) made a list of physical books that I own that I MUST READ before I buy any new books. (Does anyone else have this overconsumption problem with books like... Continue Reading →
by Holly Sheppard Riesco I recently received a note from a student that he wanted to thank me for how intentional I had been in my teaching since he realized how it helped build him and other students toward the next English credit course. What a note to receive! (Even if I knew that the... Continue Reading →
We are so joyful that we get to share our book, Joyful Literacies in Secondary English Language Arts, with others in the English teaching world on January 21, 2025! The title's a mouthful, so we've shortened it to Joyful Literacies for our accompanying blog. With all that is going on in education--the constant changes, the starts... Continue Reading →