Reading Workshop
During this 60 minute block, students will read a variety of self-selected texts and teacher-selected texts for extended periods. Students will construct meaning and make personal and textual connections as they learn from and about reading. Students will also learn comprehension strategies that they can apply to both fiction and non-fiction texts.
This block consists of a mini lesson with modeling and guided practice, independent reading and conferencing, guided reading groups and literature circle. Guided reading is when the teacher works with a small, homogenous group of students to develop their processing strategies as the read a variety of increasingly challenging texts.
Literature circle are small, heterogeneously groups of students. Students discuss the literary elements and dimensions of a text or a set of related texts, while the teacher guides their in-depth analysis.
Every reading workshop block should end with a group share so students can share what they read about and the connections they have made.
An example of how I would integrate reading workshop into my daily schedule can be found here.
During this 60 minute block, students will read a variety of self-selected texts and teacher-selected texts for extended periods. Students will construct meaning and make personal and textual connections as they learn from and about reading. Students will also learn comprehension strategies that they can apply to both fiction and non-fiction texts.
This block consists of a mini lesson with modeling and guided practice, independent reading and conferencing, guided reading groups and literature circle. Guided reading is when the teacher works with a small, homogenous group of students to develop their processing strategies as the read a variety of increasingly challenging texts.
Literature circle are small, heterogeneously groups of students. Students discuss the literary elements and dimensions of a text or a set of related texts, while the teacher guides their in-depth analysis.
Every reading workshop block should end with a group share so students can share what they read about and the connections they have made.
An example of how I would integrate reading workshop into my daily schedule can be found here.