The Reading Workshop

It was almost time for Thanksgiving dinner.  We sat watching football, anxiously awaiting the turkey, mashed potatoes, and dressing.  Unfort...

Thanksgiving is here and there are a lot of turkeys in this neighborhood and I am thankful for all of them.  Well, I am thankful for most of...

What does the person I paired you with say about you? Students in Reading Workshop are constantly working in pairs, and small groups.  Almo...

"Did you have fun with your partner?" she whispered with a sneer to the girl in the seat next to her.  I just happened to be in th...

I like getting letters, so the current project in Reading Workshop, write a Dear Mr. McGuire Letter on the topic of Reasons Why I Like the...

As said on the Logan Elm Local School District website. Thank you voters! We appreciate your support. We promise to be good stewards of ...

Have you used Twitter lately?  Currently there are over 160 million registered users.  More  than 90M tweets are written per day.  Yet this...

Student bloggers have made an excellent start, displaying their writing, sharing their thoughts, ideas, and opinions. As the first nine wee...

As the first 9 weeks comes to an end, it is time to grade The Reading Workshop students' blogs.  This is a chance for students to have i...

How hard do you work?  Would others around you agree?  What do peers think of you as a worker?  What do your parents think about your work e...

The Huffington Post has provided the opportunity for bloggers from the education field to share their views.  This  is an excellent source ...

Poems are built on ideas, experiences or emotions in a condensed form that makes the reader search for understanding.  The reader should slo...

Students have to read at home 180 minutes each week to earn an "A."  When she turned in her paper, she had read for 170 minutes. ...

As published writers, students in Reading Workshop must recognize the importance of writing well.   Grammar, spelling, and punctuation skill...

Effective readers use pictures, titles, headings, and text—as well as personal experiences—to make predictions before they begin to read and...

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."