The Reading Workshop

Better pay attention! Why you ask?  Because this isn't a teacher standing in front of the class and talking all day blah, blah, blah, b...

One of the most limiting factors in students' achievement and their ability to read is a poor vocabulary.  If students want to learn ...

Online Ordering Information Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs Class Activation Code: J3VGG Now it's easier than ever to find th...

Tom Brady, MVP quarterback and three time Super Bowl winner for the New England Patriots has worked hard to make the most out of his career...

I need to collect blog titles and URL's from students to post links in the sidebar.  Looking for an easy way to do this without having t...

Laurelville Elementary earned the rating of Excellence with Distinction on the Ohio Report Card . This is the result of high standards an...

It's a new school year and four days in, students are doing great.  Most have started to adjust to their new school schedule and get ...

My teaching neighbour, Mrs. Jayne Stevenson shared this great idea and Web 2.0 tool to allow students to post comments and/or answer questio...

So Martha, the Test Grader is sitting in her cubical and opens your test. She turns to the first short answer and this is what she sees. ...

OK, so Martha has your test and answer booklet. She doesn't know you, and doesn't care to. In fact, she doesn't even know ab...

Martha is a single mom, with a four year old daughter named Emily. Martha is just trying to get by day to day. This morning, at 6:00 AM,...

Students have been working hard, preparing for the Ohio Achievement Assessment .  They have done a kazillion (this is a very high number tha...

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...