So we want these second-grade kiddos to be reading as much as possible!! The more independent reading kids do, the more progress they’ll make in reading. This brings me to these good chapter book ...

Students put objects and materials into groups based on their observable properties, test materials for strength and absorbency, and use their results to make a boat that can hold the most pennies ...

At a reader’s request, I’m sharing my favorite picture books, chapter books ... One of the BEST middle grade books ever, it’s so well-crafted with deep emotional resonance. Doug is a boy who is ...

Have students predict how many pennies the strip of felt will hold. Write down a few predictions. Put the books on the table so they are about 3 cm apart, as shown. Place the felt strip across the ...

Discusses “Paris Lost & Found,” his second memoir about living among the Parisians, in conversation with Trish Van Pilsum. 6 ...

Students from Showell Elementary School published a book, titled ‘Keep Our Beaches Clean, what if everybody did that? At the ...

The new 2nd Grade album Scheduled Explosions arrives this Friday. Power-pop expert Peter Gill has been previewing the LP in threes; in September, he unleashed the first batch of singles ...

My daughter’s second-grade teacher assigned what should have been a straightforward project: an oral presentation about her family’s country of origin with a poster that includes at least five ...

The best movies on Netflix include Kung Fu Panda 4, Halloween, A Quiet Place Part II, Woman of the Hour, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Scream, It Chapter Two and more.

SASEBO, Nagasaki Prefecture--A group of second-grade boys at a junior high school here ganged up on a first-year student and violently assaulted him by ramming an oil pump for waxing the gym’s ...

Glenn Horowitz built a fortune selling the archives of writers such as Vladimir Nabokov and Alice Walker. Then a rock star ...