The Reading Workshop

Students had to write about what happened in the book they are reading. The assignment was to describe what they read last night in as muc...

Listed below are four examples from the Reading Workshop Question of the Week Board .  Read each and then complete the form below. Loa...

This year we have focused on supporting your writing with details from the text. Recently on the Question of the Week Board, students wro...

Students recently completed an Argumentative Essay Project . The following essay was written by Emma A . She did an excellent job of orga...

Today we are going to take the event from yesterday and use it for support on a writing prompt. This is working backwards from normal, bu...

The next assignment for Reading Workshop students is to pick one element of the book they are reading and write about its impact on the st...

I like getting letters, so the current project in Reading Workshop, write a Dear Mr. McGuire Letter on the topic of Reasons Why I Like the...

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...

After I read Larger-Than-Life LARA written by Dandi Daley Mackall , aloud to the class, Katie had an excellent idea in her post Lara at L...

Students in Reading Workshop are confused.  All year they have listened to me scream about more details.  They hear comments like, use infor...

As we start a new year in Reading Workshop , one of the main goals is making writing meaningful using descriptive writing with many support...

One of the challenges of having students write all of their assignments on a blog is coming up with a fair and objective way of grading.  Wr...

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

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

As we return to persuasive essay projects this week, some students are still attempting to find more information to support their position. ...

Evaluation is a necessary part of any assignment. Online journals are no exception and with this in mind, I adapted a journal rubric to sco...