The Reading Workshop

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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,...

One of the biggest problems when students read nonfiction is deciding what is important. Today's lesson focused on determining what is ...

Are you a fast and fluent reader? Should you be? Today in Reading Workshop we discussed the pace used when reading. Sometimes even the m...

Today we will be writing a scary story . When I told students this last week, they thought I had lost my mind. "It's not Hallowee...

Today we are focusing on the HOT SPOT of an article. This idea was adapted from Ralph Fletcher's Writing Workshop, the Essentia...

Part of being a successful reader of nonfiction means understanding the important information. This week, we looked at reading from the oth...

Not all words are created equal. Some words carry a heavier weight to the reader who is tuned in to using all possible means for comprehens...

What is important? What should we highlight? What are the W's? The students worked hard to drag the meaning out of an article, and he...

Today we focused on the letter project. The topic of the day was adding details that support your thoughts, ideas, and opinions. We discus...