My two classroom mantras both come from Samantha Bennett, author of That Workshop Book.
“The person doing the reading, writing, and talking is the person doing the learning,”
and,
“We are smarter together.”
My students hear these so often they generally finish each sentence before I can spit it out.
Each of the components of Reader’s Workshop on the drop down menu are essential and builds upon these beliefs in ways that scaffold students towards thoughtful, engaged, joyful reading independence.
The Integrated Curriculum Classroom 