The Reading Workshop

Student blogs this year were created and hosted at WordPress .  In the past, we used Blogger, but due to the recent changes, (like requiring...

No time for blogging. No time for reading. No time for Online Journals . Podcasts would not help test scores. Singing might help fluenc...

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

Woohoo, we're 27th! Now, I know this is not close to number 1. And everyone wants to be in first place. That honor goes to Joann Jaco...

Recently I was involved in a conversation about the role of blogs and the value of blogging in our district. As the use of blogs and wikis...

Of the last 500 visitors: They came from 35 states. They came from 16 countries. Sixteen visitors were from Texas. Thirteen were from Califo...

Having computers and other gadgets in a class is great. But, does it increase student learning? According to many, the only reason schools...

I was thinking about the role of this blog in my class. I was trying to decide if it was valuable, and if I needed to make changes or adjus...

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...

We were sitting in the circle talking about the Writer's Block post, when Amber asked, "do you ever ask for suggestions about blog...

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

Last night, at Open House a parent came up and asked about the blog. She said, "we bought a new computer so we could get on the blog. ...

Today The Reading Workshop blog passed 10,000 hits. This means that the blog has been viewed 10,000 times. WOW! Thank you to parents, ...

Why? Why? Why?

Success is not brain surgery. The obvious thing to do is usually the right thing to do. And the right thing to do generally isn’t all that h...

A student asked me on Monday, "Mr. McGuire, are there rules for commenting?" I replied, "there are no rules but there are exp...

Will Richardson, in his blog, weblogg-ed tells a story of a student in in-school suspension . This student, while under suspension, texted...

Dear Readers, Please give me a hand. I have been publishing this blog for about eight months now. Yesterday was a great day - the blog p...