The Reading Workshop

Do you want to be a STAR?  Do you want recognition as an Outstanding Student Blogger?  Would you like to have an award like this on your blo...

Even though you think you are hidden, I see you.  Don't be like this gecko, feeling like he can't be seen.  When we have cla...

FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Programme. They offer an easy way to learn vocabulary, math skills, ...

Hey Reading Workshop students, share your opinion! <p><p>&a...

Better pay attention! Why you ask?  Because this isn't a teacher standing in front of the class and talking all day blah, blah, blah, b...

The recent spotlight on school quality should help ensure a better education for all students.  Everywhere you turn there is constant conver...

What does the person I paired you with say about you? Students in Reading Workshop are constantly working in pairs, and small groups.  Almo...

The Huffington Post has provided the opportunity for bloggers from the education field to share their views.  This  is an excellent source ...

So Martha, the Test Grader is sitting in her cubical and opens a  test. She turns to the first short answer and this is what she sees. ...

OK, so Martha has your test and answer booklet. She doesn't know you, and doesn't care to. In fact, she doesn't know about R...

As I read aloud Freak the Mighty written by Rodman Philbrick, in Chapter 21, Max questions his future.  He wonders if he too might become a...

Chicago author Nelson Algren said, “A writer does well if in his whole life he can tell the story of one street.”  Chicagoans, but not just ...

Roberta Caudill and I had the opportunity to share our blogs and some blogging basics at the Logan Elm Schools waiver day.   Here are some...

Who are you?  Do you know yourself?  One of the greatest aspects of poetry is the way it helps the writer explore his/her thoughts, ideas, a...

Poems are built on ideas, experiences or emotions in a condensed form that makes the reader search for understanding.  The reader should slo...

As we begin to spend time in Reading Workshop on poetry, one of the first tasks is to list events  that merit consideration of the time and ...

Poetry is so hard to write.  It is so personal, and no matter whether you are 8 or 80, the difficulty is right there, staring you in the fac...

I thought it was funny when she quit her first book of the year, especially when I saw the book.  The Magician's Elephant by DiCamillo...

Students recently completed a Reading Workshop Student Survey .  This is an easy way for me to see their thoughts and opinions about our cl...

What issues are pulling you?  What keeps you from learning?  No one goes through life consciously wishing to fail.  Everyone has thoughts o...