"Greetings, Wonderful Ones. Welcome to WT Melon's Writers' Workshop. No work; no shopping. Just come on in and write a while!"
Visit the WT Melon Quotes page"How come teachers call it Writer's Workshop when we only work and never get to shop?"
"The spelling rule says i before e. But Albert Einstein broke that rule twice just writing his name. Weird!"
Pacific Ocean has three C's and each one has a different sound—sss, k, and sh.
"I've been so busy, I can't think of anything to write about."
"Why are reading, writing, and arithmetic called the Three R's when only one of them starts with R?"
Kiss..Keep it simple students
Listen to the song My Journal
"When I write a story, I like sticking etc. on the end,
so my teacher thinks I know a lot more than I do..."
"Teachers tell me to mind my p's and q's. But which one is which?"
"I always use my worst handwriting when I write a story. That way my teacher can't tell what a poor speller I am."
I can't think of a word that ends in U. Can you?
"The teacher told us to write an SA, but I'm not sure what SA stands for!"
"Never trust a student who looks you square in the belly."
Make your handwriting look better! Use one of these t crosses or i dots. 
Visit the 49 Ways to Cross Your t's and Dot Your i's page
Teachers will think you are brilliant!
Only a true teacher knows how to draw Teacher Stars without lifting the pencil!
Read about why teachers came to America.
(pdf)
One upon a time..twice upon a time…
Visit the WT Melon Books page
Read ABOVE THE CLASSROOM from Classroom at the End of the Hall.
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