The Reading Workshop

Education is in a crisis.  Set off the alarms.  Students and parents everywhere are  desperately Waiting for Superman to come and save the ...

Ashlee walked to school today.  For a lot of students that is not such a big deal, but Ashlee lives 2 1/2 miles away.  This eleven year old ...

We just discussed the Queen of Fake Reading , and no one wants to be her.  In fact, everyone knows that I am talking about someone else.  Su...

Almost every day she goes to the book room during SSR.  She "just finished" reading her book.  If there are 30 minutes of reading ...

In this video, students in Reading Workshop share their thoughts about "Why I Read."

Your brain is a sneaky thing.  The whole time you are reading it is thinking things without you telling it to.  It sneaks around making conn...

The biggest reason I read is because I can't not read.  It is totally impossible. Books, magazines, newspapers, and online more and more...

As I sat watching the rerun of the Glee season finale from last year, it reminded me of the reason that matters most when teachers walk thr...

Put some life into your reading.  Make the words and the voices scream out.  Don't just read it, live it.  If the beautiful princess and...

Good readers are one with the book.  They know the characters, strive to understand them and relate to them.  They picture the setting, comp...

He was looking at the ceiling.  He was looking at the girl beside him.  His head rolled around and then settled on his pencil.  He poked his...

Walk into the Reading Workshop classroom and it is so quiet.  Students are intensely focused on their screens.  About the only sound is the ...

It was the first day of school, and like every teacher, this Super Teacher wanted to get things started off right.  You know, start the year...

No excuses.  No whining.  No complaining.  Success and nothing less. Do you have the will to succeed? You can find out more about N...

Do you like to be "in the know?"  Do you want to know what is going on, and when it will happen?  If so, this is the place to chec...

The Schwa was Here, written by Neal Shusterman is a story of friendship with a twist of invisible.  This book talk is presented by Hadley ....

Integrity--Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code. The Mad River Theater performed at Laurelville on Wednesday.   They did ...

In Reading Workshop we are continuing the read aloud of The Revealers by Doug Wilhelm.  In this story about life in  middle school, three ...

The next project in Reading Workshop will be to write a fictional narrative.  Students will begin with some pre-writing and planning activit...

You have been reading and writing all year.  You have practiced every imaginable type of test passage.  Your vocabulary has improved tremend...