The Reading Workshop

I am thankful that the Browns only play 16 games. That way the most they can loose this season are 15 games. I am glad that Eric Mangini...

Please answer the following questions. The details you provide, and the honesty of your answers will make Reading Workshop better for every...

If you are a Harry Potter fan, or are considering reading J.K. Rowling's series, Bethanie has a lot of information on her site, Bethani...

Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other, "You stay here. I'll go on ahead. We had an Award...

Sportsmanship, kindness, fairness--this video demonstrates all of the characteristics that we hope to teach, to model, and to see as teacher...

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...

Thank you to the Logan Elm Board of Education for allowing us to share information about the Reading Workshop during their November Board...

For the next several weeks, we will be focusing on learning how to read. I am not talking about your overused, "sound out the words,...

Is your writing ringing in the ear of the reader?  Have you checked for mistakes with homophones?  Since texting and IMing have become so p...

Students have spent time in Reading Workshop reading and writing blogs, so their grade should reflect their efforts.  In a previous post, w...

The word for today is sanity. Statistics say that one of four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three ...

When someone reads a post you wrote, do they know it's you?  Having a writer's voice and a style of your own comes from writing, wri...

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

I read Cassie's blog yesterday, and thought about it several times throughout the evening.  I woke up this morning and thought about it...

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...

Mrs. Scott, the principal stopped by the room as she so often does, just to see how things were going.  Up came Chomper Sue, the gum chewing...

Her homework paper said she read exactly 30 minutes a day.  She read exactly 10 pages each time.  As I looked at the paper, I thought, ...

As the Reading Workshop students begin to blog regularly (see links in the sidebar), one might question, what do you want the students to g...