The Reading Workshop

I thought it was funny when she quit her first book of the year, especially when I saw the book.  The Magician's Elephant by DiCamillo...

There is no better present than a Christmas poem.  Students in Reading Workshop will be writing a poem to publish and take home as a gift. ...

Students recently completed a Reading Workshop Student Survey .  This is an easy way for me to see their thoughts and opinions about our cl...

What issues are pulling you?  What keeps you from learning?  No one goes through life consciously wishing to fail.  Everyone has thoughts o...

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...