The Reading Workshop

Most everyone has heard the saying, hard work will pay off in the end.  Yesterday, students took the Study Island Benchmark Test, and it ...

I am so excited.  We got in some books that we ordered two weeks ago.  And the best part is one of the books is the newest from one of my...

Recently I asked students to complete a survey  about the importance of reading with a parent or grandparent.   As I looked at some of th...

Students, please complete this survey with the help of a parent or grandparent. You can see responses HERE Loading...

It was during SSR and I started watching her read.  This girl had chosen one of the best books in the book room.  She was reading Awakeni...

As published writers, there is no excuse for mistakes.  Sister Salad  points out the reason most of us take writing correctly so seriously....

Students in Reading Workshop have begun blogging as part of their language arts class.  The first assignment was to write about the main cha...

Each day a Study Island Student of the Day is chosen from each class in Reading Workshop. The winners receive an award certificate, a pi...

A couple of days ago I wrote about Maddie helping Dylan.  Even now, it still seems like a terrific event.  Then yesterday, I got another sur...

He was walking down the hall to his next class.  Papers were sticking out everywhere, books were stacked every which way, and his pencils...

I was standing at the cash register at the Village Cafe as an old man with a cane slowly walked up to the front door.  Just as he started...

After 16 years at Laurelville, I am in a new school.  I am excited about this opportunity as  Logan Elm Local School District opens a n...

The next project in Reading Workshop will be to write a memoir.  Although somewhat like an autobiography, a memoir is slightly different.  ...

After several weeks in DARE class, students have to write an essay about the class.  Students are instructed by Deputy Dale Thomas from th...

Students in Reading Workshop have made amazing progress this year.  You should feel good about your success!  What has made you successful?...

Here is some free advice--take a little time to check your spelling.  In the previous post, I used the wrong word, leading students to us...

In Reading Workshop, students have read passages, wrote and rewrote answers, and been "practiced up" into submission.   They...

She told the teacher giving her the practice test, "I don't need to look back.  I know the answer."  And maybe she did.  I ...

Students in Reading Workshop are taking the Practice Sixth Grade Reading Ohio Achievement Assessment.  We attempt to make this as realist...

Students are presenting their project they researched and then created on Google Docs about an ancient civilization as part of their social ...