The Reading Workshop

Are you going to have a little spare time over the holidays?  Want to do something enjoyable and earn some extra credit?  All you have to...

As the holiday season approaches, family is what matters.  At my house, the Christmas breakfast is where all of the greatness of Christmas...

Here are a few samples of students' poems.  To see more, just click on the links on the sidebar. From A Daily Bailey I Think I'm ...

Reading Workshop students, what do you think of school?  Are you excited each morning to come to school?  And, if not, if you think school...

How else can you say it?  As we looked at one student's opening line of his poem, so many ideas for sharing were discovered.  We started...

We are working with poetry in Reading Workshop.  We have focused on free verse poems, and a few concrete poems, but sometimes it is fun...

Even though you think you are hidden, I see you.  Don't be like this gecko, feeling like he can't be seen.  When we have cla...

Have a great Thanksgiving break.  Some of the Reading Workshop students and maybe even a teacher may be a little bit ready for a long weeken...

FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Programme. They offer an easy way to learn vocabulary, math skills, ...

Hey Reading Workshop students, share your opinion! <p><p>&a...

Staring at blank faces, students whispering, bored and uninterested as we start a new project. Trying to spark a fire that energizes...

Thank you to Austin for this Veteran's Day post .  I couldn't have said it better, so I just used the post from his Reading Work...

Take a breath, and then another, and another.  How do you know when to pause when you are reading?             PUNCTUATION! Or, as...

As part of our reading class, we are singing Mean by Taylor Swift which asks the question, "why you gotta be so mean?"  The c...

Can you connect with the book you are reading?  Can you imagine yourself in it?  Does it remind you of things from your life?  If not, ...

Well, the easiest thing to say is Russell would be the same everywhere.  But do you act the same at school as you do at home?  Would you ...

Do you know which word to use?  Let's see, is it to or too?  There, their, or they're?  Your or you're?  Does is really matter?...

Every school has a Richie.  He is bigger than most of the kids, and way meaner.  Normal kids like Russell just stay away from him.  Unf...

You can see the shock on this student's face . Students were amazed when I told them they could start listening to music as they r...

Students in Reading Workshop recently had to write a letter about a book they were reading.  Specifically, the letter had to address "...