The Reading Workshop

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My daughter, Heather got this message from a friend she hadn't seen in a while. She was glad to hear from her, and is going to make pla...

C'mon boys, you can do it. All you have to do is just grow up a little. The girls are waiting. The teachers are waiting. I am sure y...

We showered outside when it rained. What a great substitution for we played in the rain. This excerpt from the book, Mountain Magic , w...

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 was driving yesterday morning, about a mile from the school and saw this sign. At first it caught my eye, because I have beagles. I am no...

I like Dylan, Mr. McGuire.  I like him and he likes me.  He's my friend, Mr. McGuire. Laurelville has inclusion of handicapped students....

I saw my hero yesterday. She came over from her new job as the Jr. High principal to see the Halloween parade. I had been thinking about ...

I have been pleased with the participation of students this year on The Reading Workshop blog. Their comments have been well-written, with...

I had a conversation with a student this week about why she wasn't getting her work done. I started out with my usual conversation abou...

We worked collectively to figure out the meaning of a phrase from Coach John Wooden's Pyramid of Success. You can view the entire excer...

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

Student: I have all A's & B's with just one C. I sure wish I could get on the Honor Roll. Me: What is your C in? Student: So...

Many of you read the post on October 8 with the note about I Hate Reading . The student who wrote the note, wanted to comment, but I though...

With the Presidential election being such a hot topic, naturally students at Laurelville are interested in their teachers' opinions. Fo...

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...

Between teacher's inservice days and the Pumpkin Show, I am going to be mighty scarce for the next 10 days. This comes at a time when s...

The assignment was for students to write a note or letter to me about themselves as a reader. The directions were intentionally vague. I r...

For all of you Paulsen fans (of which I am one), have a listen to a great interview. My favorite quote from Paulsen is, "kids should r...

Emily and Heather, two of my daughters and Jason were talking and as I listened in on their conversation , I heard: H:  David saw you Thursd...