The Reading Workshop

We are back with a few bruises, scrapes, and a little poison ivy, but a good time was had by all. The Laurelville students did an awesome j...

Today is the kickoff for the first Laurelville Elementary Relay for Life. A kick off rally was held in the gym at 2:45. A special thanks ...

The McGuire family prepares for a trail ride. Just like in the old west, we are heading out. Where am I?

As part of the Sixth Grade Outdoor Education Camp experience, students must cooperate and work as a group. In order to prepare students, t...

All thoughts in the sixth grade are centered around Sixth Grade Outdoor Education Camp at Camp Oty Okwa . Tonight (5/19/08) is our parent i...

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, ...

I am not on Gilligan's Island , but I could be. Except we stayed at a resort instead of in a grass hut. You can yell and shout, and b...

In this whole world, there is no attraction stronger than one bad attitude to another. Today, when two classes were together for about 3 mi...

The Relay for Life at Laurelville Elementary is moving forward. This week, students will be selling window stars for $1.00 to raise money...

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...

As Laurelville students head off in a few months to McDowell Jr. High , how will teacher's describe them? Will they be the organization...

All good writing has problems, lots and lots of problems, with lots and lots of details. The more problems in a narrative, and the more des...

Thanks to Bellringers for including this blog in the latest Carnival of Education . This is a series of posts hosted by rotating blogs, th...

One journal, one topic, one file, but two writers make a Two Person Journal. Students were partnered with a peer from another class. A fol...

Once again, back by popular demand, everyones favorite post, Where am I? Don't let the sun set, without this view, at the end of the day...

Today's post is a guest post by Shayna T. She is a sixth grade student at Laurelville Elementary . If you don't already know, readi...

I first viewed this on Betchablog . Parents, students, and teachers, how should technology be incorporated into education? What would the i...

What kind of learner are you? North Carolina State University has a test you can take to find out how you learn best. Just follow the link...

Why? Why? Why?

A student from Chicago was a very good runner, so he went to France to enter a race. A French web site reported that the student won the ra...