The Reading Workshop

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Monday, November 18, 2013

What is Your Kind?

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Many Reading Workshop classes end with singing for the last five minutes. Lyrics are projected on the white board and students sing al...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

Bullying Essay

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Students in Reading Workshop recently completed an essay on bullying. You can read all of the essays HERE . Loading...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Who Do You Ask?

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Ben and Chloe sit beside each other in Reading Workshop. Both are good students and work hard. When they have a problem, or don't und...
Monday, November 4, 2013

What Did You Learn at Camp?

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Last week's visit to Camp Oty Okwa was a great time for students and staff. The group building activities were exciting and students...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

A Look at Bullying

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The assignment for Reading Workshop students is to write a blog post about bullying. Use the information below to help guide the writing. U...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

A Great Start to the Year

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This school year is off to a great start. As we close in on the end of the 1st nine weeks, I can't imagine things going any better. A r...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Question of the Week

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Recently at Reading Workshop I created a discussion board for the Question of the Week . Responses must be a minimum of two - three paragrap...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Easy Extra Credit

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Hey parents, grandparents, and other family members, want to help your student earn some easy extra credit? All you have to do is fill out ...
Monday, September 30, 2013

Success Blog Post

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Students, please submit your blog post to be graded in the Google Form below. For the last question use the Student Blog Rubric to support ...
Monday, September 23, 2013

Do You Want Success?

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I had this conversations with a student: Student:  My aunt doesn't care if I work hard. Me:  Seriously? Student:  No, she doesn'...
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PUGS--Puncuation, Useage, Grammar, and Spelling

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If you want to be taken seriously as a writer, you must write cleanly. Many readers will judge what you say by how you say it. If your writ...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Book Trait Blog Post

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Students have recently been writing a blog post about the book they are reading. To read them go HERE . Loading...
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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Apostrophes Rock

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Students seem to have trouble with correct use of apostrophes. Here are a few basic rules to follow. 1. Apostrophes are used to show a mis...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Writing on Topic

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As Reading Workshop students start the school year as beginning bloggers , the challenge of writing and writing well looms. Although studen...
Monday, September 9, 2013

Start of the Year Blog Post

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Students' first writing assignment in Reading Workshop was to write a blog post about one of the most significant events that occurred w...
Friday, September 6, 2013

Reading for Understanding and Score Better Too!

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So Reading Workshop students, do you want to get a better score on Study Island? Use the tips from this video and use the highlighter from ...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Want to Know Your Grades?

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If you want to know your grades just go to  Jupiter .  Jupiter Grades is an online program (similar to Engrade, Progress Book, and other...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Writing an Essay/Blog Post

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Building an essay is just taking yesterday's lesson one step further. The basic idea for building a paragraph is expanded into several ...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Writing a Paragraph

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Reading Workshop students have been setting up their blogs. Now the task of becoming a writer is ahead. We will start by looking at paragra...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Read Your Way to a Good Grade

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Students weekly  Read at Home  assignment rewards extra effort. Students choose a book that they want to read from home, the library, or the...
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