The Reading Workshop

Want an easy guide to reading difficult text.  Here are steps to follow. 1.  Skim the entire article FIRST 2.  Look at the title, heading...

Want to play a little Pinball?  Check out these Pinball Vocabulary games from  Ms. Amanda's 6th Grade Language Arts Class. Red A1 ...

There is nothing like a picture to show something soooooooooo  if you want to see a daily picture from The Reading Workshop, just check out...

What do you want to do?  What do you want to be?  Do you have the guts to dream?  Do you have the courage to make it happen? Reading Wor...

I have been reading Guys Write for Guys Read , a collections of stories edited by Jon Scieszka.  These stories are from successful writer...

Christmas break is over and students are getting back in the groove.  Students spent some time today working on their blogs publishing dr...

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...