The Reading Workshop

I am tired of making mistakes.  I am tired of not knowing the right thing to say.  I am tired of all kinds of problems.  I want to be perfec...

Learning vocabulary is never fun for students.  However, a large part of success when taking the Ohio Achievement Assessment is determined b...

The end of the nine weeks is here.  Work has been turned in and graded.  But what if a student's average doesn't fit what they have ...

A student downstairs in Ms. Wooten's third grade ask if she thought the world was going to end in 2012.   Her answer to that was that s...

You start reading and after a little bit, your mind wanders.  After a few minutes, you are bored with the book, ready to quit it and find a ...

The current read aloud in Reading Workshop is Freak the Mighty written by Rodman Philbrick.  Max, a struggling reader is placed with the ...

Have you ever thought about what the writer was feeling?  In most instances, great writing is the result of situations or problems that spar...

The writer sits at his desk with a purpose in mind.  He just finished a chapter and then he reads back over it.  He puts himself into your s...

Effective readers constantly connect to the text as they read.  Their inner voice  relates the text to their life, other books they have rea...

Does Katy Perry's song Firework apply to you?  If there were no limits and you could accomplish anything, what would you do?   The lat...

The recent spotlight on school quality should help ensure a better education for all students.  Everywhere you turn there is constant conver...

Want to know the results of the Midway Survey.  Just look on the wikipage at Midway Survey Results . Thank you for all of the parents that ...

 I was sitting in the chair, getting my hair cut, having the typical casual conversation with the woman cutting my hair, when I noticed the ...

If you were building a house, would you use a hammer for every task?    It would be more than a little difficult to measure a board with a h...

Teaching Reading Workshop requires a different style than the more traditional teacher-centered lecture-based classroom. As I was reading a ...

Students are writing Christmas poems as a gift of writing. No gift means more than a heartfelt poem.  Students are writing a free verse poem...

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...