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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

The Good Stuff

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Recently students in Reading Workshop wrote about the "good stuff" that they see at our school. Sometimes people forget just how ...
Friday, May 22, 2009

Conkle's Hollow Field Trip

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The sixth grade visited Conkle's Hollow Nature Preserve in the Hocking Hills as part of a Geology field trip. Students enjoyed the d...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009

What Mountains Have You Climbed?

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What challenges have you overcome? What challenges have you faced? As you look back on this school year, 170 days full of goods and bads, ...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

100 Incredibly Inspiring Blogs

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The Reading Workshop has been included in a list of 100 Incredibly Inspiring Blogs.  The post on What Makes a Good Teacher leads the list of...
Monday, May 11, 2009

Grading Students' Blogs

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Want an A on your blog? Climb the stairs to writing success. Climb the stairs to earning a good grade. Did you spell everything correctly?...
Friday, May 1, 2009

Blogging in Language Arts

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After eight months of commenting on The Reading Workshop blog and writing an online journal on the Reading Workshop Wiki , students are st...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Smile, Enjoy Life, and the Music

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Being a student in Reading Workshop is hard work. Keeping up with assignments is hard work. The whole educational process is serious busi...
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Friday, April 24, 2009

You Too Can Pass the Test

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How is winning a basketball game like passing an Achievement Test? It's all about using what you worked on in practice at game time. S...
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Achievement Testing Online

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The Ohio Department of Education has a portal into all of their Achievement Test Resources . Teachers, parents, and students can access th...
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Monday, April 20, 2009

Martha, the Test Grader, Part 3

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If you haven't met Martha before, you can read about Martha, the Test Grader , and then More on Martha the Test Grader . So Martha, the ...
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Friday, April 17, 2009

If I Could Be Like That

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Recently we were singing a 3 Doors Down song as part of the ongoing efforts to build fluency .  We were singing the song, "Be Like Th...
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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Testing and Read Aloud Survey

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

More on Martha, the Test Grader

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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...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Martha, the Test Grader

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Martha is a single mom, with a four year old daughter named Emily. Martha is just trying to get by day to day. This morning, at 6:00 AM, a...
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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Ohio Achievement Test Survey

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Recently Reading Workshop students took the 2006 Sixth Grade Ohio Achievement Test as practice for the actual test. I surveyed students t...
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

What Character Could You Be?

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As we continue the read aloud of Larger-Than-Life LARA , written by Dandi Daley Mackall in Reading Workshop, the characters are coming aliv...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

You Can Learn a Lot in 2nd Grade

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I had to see Mrs. Sturgell, a 2nd grade teacher about the Relay for Life. When I walked into her room, she was pausing her read aloud for ...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Laney is a Larger-Than-Life Character

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After reading a few chapters from Larger-Than-Life LARA , written by Dandi Daley Mackall , I am so interested in Laney.  The book is written...
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Monday, March 30, 2009

A Trusty Presentation

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What does the teacher do when school is out? Go to school, of course. That is what I did on Friday. SCOCA --South Central Ohio Computer As...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

OAT Survey

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Students in Reading Workshop took the 2006 Reading Ohio Achievement Test as a practice run on Monday. We then scored the test, using the te...
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