The Reading Workshop

I had an interesting conversation with two students last Friday.  They were telling me how this other class was and how students in there...

A lot of Reading Workshop students have been reading The Maze Runner written by James Dashner.  The movie is supposed to be out in 2013.  ...

What do the three students in the picture have in common?  All three were reluctant readers that have found success through the choice of...

So you get a first draft of a poem and it seems pretty good.  Now what?  Is it ready to publish?  Everything is spelled right.  It makes se...

The Reading Workshop Poetry Rubric Component 4/A 3/B 2/ C 1/D ...

Some of the best poems are often those that are inspired by another poem.  The concept is to take the framework of a poem you like, and...

Today we will ask the experts.  Students in Reading Workshop, what makes a good poem?  Or, what makes a poem good?  As you looked through...

Cut out all those words.  This is poetry so you don't need them.  In fact, if the word doesn't do something to clarify meaning, o...

Is your poetry alive?  Or does it just lay there squashed and ragged, like a mushy apple smashed on the road?  Maybe it needs a little ...

Last year students came up with all kinds of ideas about why they couldn't do poetry.  In their minds they were thinking, Poetry is N...

As we begin to study poetry, take a minute and compare.  Does either poem describe you as a poet?

Student blog post titles from Reading Workshop students have been a little on the lame side lately.  What's a teacher to do but have ...

After using Wordpress to host student blogs for the last four years, Reading Workshop students will be switching to Edublogs .  Wordpress h...

Well, we are really headed for Jupiter starting with the second grading period.  Jupiter Grades is an online program (similar to Engrad...

Green pants and an orange shirt today?  Probably not.  So if you take care to not dress tacky, be careful what you do to your blog. W...

Do you want to be a STAR?  Do you want recognition as an Outstanding Student Blogger?  Would you like to have an award like this on your blo...

Parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles, could you spare a few minutes a week to help the students in Reading Workshop?  All you need is...

We are beginning to focus on poetry in Reading Workshop.  The best poetry sparks some sort of emotion within the reader.  A good poem shoul...

How would you feel if you had seven students that wrote on the weekend?  This wasn't an assignment, and they didn't get extra credit...

Want a fun activity in Reading Workshop where you do a lot of work and don't get any credit and you have to do it on your own time?  If...