The Reading Workshop

As the grading period comes to an end, please count and record the number of your posts and comments. Loading...

Parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles, could you spare a few minutes a week to help the students in Reading Workshop?  All you need is...

After all of the talk about blog comments, I thought I would share a couple of good examples from Reading Workshop students. On a stude...

Students in Reading Workshop are building their blogs, post by post.  In addition, many are taking the time to comment on their peers...

Are you going to have a little spare time over the holidays?  Want to do something enjoyable and earn some extra credit?  All you have to...

Do you know which word to use?  Let's see, is it to or too?  There, their, or they're?  Your or you're?  Does is really matter?...

My teaching neighbour, Mrs. Jayne Stevenson shared this great idea and Web 2.0 tool to allow students to post comments and/or answer questio...

Everyone that blogs wants readers.  And, we wish that every single person that visited our blog would comment.  In fact, almost any comment...

I just happened to be walking down the first grade hallway when I overheard one of the first grade teachers talking to a little boy. Althou...

More and more teachers are using blogs in the classroom. Writing a blog gives students the opportunity to write to an audience. Commenting ...

Commenting is a competition. You are vying for the reader's attention. Plus, you want the reader to listen to you over other commenters...

Students need time to write. Students need to be able to pursue writing projects. Students need to make choices about their education. St...

Texting, IM'ing, and the casual language of students today is a concern to many people in education. When talking to students, by far t...

Grades in Reading Workshop are earned based on students' work. Most assignments are graded using a rubric scoring work with 1 - 4. Thi...

I have been pleased with the participation of students this year on The Reading Workshop blog. Their comments have been well-written, with...

When I have writer's block, I just write some hooey. I just put some words down, knowing that it ain't gonna be to good . What the...

"She does spend hours on the internet every day. I would say that this would be the internet generations way of reading," said Sh...

Welcome to The Reading Workshop . I hope you will visit often, and comment about what you read. This blog serves several functions in Readi...