I have had a lot of questions over the last few days asking
about how I run my reading workshop. For some reason, there
aren’t a lot of resources out there about using reading workshop
in grades 6-8. However, I have read a lot of professional
resources, observed in various workshop classrooms, and modified
a lot of activities originally for the primary grades. Over the
next few weeks I will make it a point to post about different
aspects of my reading workshop as I get ready for the new year
and plan out my units of study. Today, I will take some time to
recommend the professional resources that I have found to be the
most important for my knowledge and planning. 1. In the Middle:
New Understanding About Writing, Reading, and Learning (Workshop
Series) by Nancie Atwell- Nancie Atwell is the reading workshop
guru for the upper grades. IN THE MIDDLE is an amazing resource
that will allow you to see how she sets up both reading and
writing workshop in her 7th grade classroom. She first published
this book in 198