The Reading Workshop

Each day in Reading Workshop for about 7 minutes (usually two songs), students sing. Lyrics are shown on the white board using the LCD p...

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Brylee , A 50 Page/Day Reader The Read at Home  assignment is a major part of sixth grade language arts as Salt Creek. Nothing builds r...

It was during SSR and I started watching her read.  This girl had chosen one of the best books in the book room.  She was reading Awakeni...

Can you connect with the book you are reading?  Can you imagine yourself in it?  Does it remind you of things from your life?  If not, ...

The writer sits at his desk with a purpose in mind.  He just finished a chapter and then he reads back over it.  He puts himself into your s...

Effective readers constantly connect to the text as they read.  Their inner voice  relates the text to their life, other books they have rea...

If you were building a house, would you use a hammer for every task?    It would be more than a little difficult to measure a board with a h...

We just discussed the Queen of Fake Reading , and no one wants to be her.  In fact, everyone knows that I am talking about someone else.  Su...

Your brain is a sneaky thing.  The whole time you are reading it is thinking things without you telling it to.  It sneaks around making conn...

Put some life into your reading.  Make the words and the voices scream out.  Don't just read it, live it.  If the beautiful princess and...

Good readers are one with the book.  They know the characters, strive to understand them and relate to them.  They picture the setting, comp...

He was looking at the ceiling.  He was looking at the girl beside him.  His head rolled around and then settled on his pencil.  He poked his...

Good readers constantly make connections. As they read each paragraph, each page, each chapter, they relate it to their life. Making conn...

Good readers must get inside the book.  For comprehension to occur, several reading strategies must take place simultaneously.  Students mus...

For the next several weeks, we will be focusing on learning how to read. I am not talking about your overused, "sound out the words,...

When you are reading, do you get the picture? If not, why are you reading, or as Chris Tovani says, fake reading? A conversation with a s...

Get fired up readers! Be the character! Live the story! READ RAMBUNCTIOUSLY! The only way to get the story, and truly enjoy the book is...