Lit and Love

Morning routines that actually teach something? Yes, please. 📚

36 Weeks of Morning Word Work is officially DONE: full-year, five-day morphology bell-ringers for Grades 6, 7, and 8. Prefixes, roots, suffixes, original passages every week, plus matching homework pages so the learning sticks.

72 pages per grade level. Built by a teacher, for teachers.

Link in bio to grab your grade level on TPT.

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🧠 New on TPT! 36 Weeks of Morning Word Work — DONE for you, teacher friend.

✨ A full-year, five-day morphology routine for Grade 6 ELA bell-ringers — prefixes, roots, and suffixes mapped across all four quarters.

📅 The rhythm: Multisyllabic Monday → Transformation Tuesday → Word Work Wednesday → Think It Through Thursday → Fluency Friday

📦 72 print-and-go pages | original passages every week | editable Word doc

Zero prep once it’s printed. Just print, run the routine, repeat all year.

Link in bio 🔗

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Every year, my 6th graders teach the class. 📚✨ They choose a topic, talent, or skill they love then build a full lesson that hits all four ELA domains: reading, writing, language, and speaking & listening. The catch? They have to design the materials themselves. One student even created her own CommonLit-style resource from scratch. This is what it looks like when students stop being consumers of learning and become architects of it.

There’s something powerful about watching a student find a word. Dictionary, pencil, and paper…all it takes to engage a young mind.

Great day! Sunshine, soccer and smiles!

I’m very excited to be joining this cohort on this important work.

I don’t have all the answers about AI in the ELA classroom, but I’m committed to asking the right questions alongside some incredible educators.

NCTE’s ELA AI Framework Cohort is centering teacher expertise to guide responsible AI use in English language arts, and I’m grateful to have a seat at the table. I’m walking in ready to listen, learn, and contribute where I can.

Student voice and authentic literacy have always guided my practice. I’m hopeful this work helps more teachers feel equipped to protect both.

About last night… 🖤
Dr. Eve L. Ewing (.ewing) asked a question I haven’t stopped thinking about: What is the purpose of school?

Is it opportunity? Is it preparation? Or, if we’re honest, has it always been about deciding who gets to matter?

I’ve been in classrooms long enough to know the answer isn’t simple. But I also know this…my kids deserve more than a system that was designed to erase them.

Read it. Especially if you love children. Especially if you teach them. 📚