Providing upper elementary students with choices can help teachers differentiate through learning experiences that feel fun.

Oh. What. Fun. might be too confident a title for a Christmas movie that on the one hand is damned lucky to have lured the great Michelle Pfeiffer to be its star, but on the other hand loses the magic ...

Well, it is the end of the year and time for full-on tinsel, carols, an explosion of red, green, and gold; presents; ugly jumpers (oh Bridget!); and nasty people holding buildings to ransom — yes, Die ...

In what feels like an impersonal present gifted to mothers, a Christmas-obsessed mom crashes out after her complacent hubby and coddled adult children don’t deliver the respect she deserves. First to ...

Michael Showalter’s holiday comedy “Oh. What. Fun.” opens with a stumper: Why aren’t there more Christmas movies about moms? Think about it. There are lots of Christmas movies with moms. Christmas ...

Centered around Christmas, Pfeiffer has a great time spoofing the typical family mom. When Claire’s car gets towed and she ends up staying in a motel, things brighten up for her when she actually ...

Michelle Pfeiffer leads this Christmas Comedy that takes on a new spin on the central crisis of the Home Alone movies we have come to love. Who doesn't love a comfortable and harmless Christmas comedy ...

The historical romantic costume drama is an ideal target for parody. This one is amusing enough, but the jokes land mostly in the light chuckle zone. The title of “Fackham Hall,” an “Airplane!”-style ...

‘Oh. What. Fun.’ is a holiday comedy that takes a quiet, grounded look at the pressures behind family celebrations. ‘Oh. What. Fun., directed by Michael Showalter, began streaming on Amazon Prime ...

Michelle Pfeiffer plays a mom on the edge at Christmas time in the new movie “Oh. What. Fun.” If the sarcastic punctuation wasn’t enough of a tip off, Pfeiffer’s character Claire is not having the ...

This broad comedy directed by Jim O'Hanlon also features Thomasin McKenzie, Tom Felton and Ben Radcliffe. By Frank Scheck The longer it went on, and especially when it transferred to the big screen, ...