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 Readers'
Workshop
What is Readers' Workshop?
It is a format that provides structure to support
children learning to read. This structure provides for 60 minutes of
uninterrupted time to support children as they learn what good readers do.
Predictable rituals and routines provide consistent expectations.
What does the class period look like during
Readers' Workshop?
The Readers' Workshop contains three parts: an
Opening, a Work Session, and a Closing.
Opening
During this time, the teacher teaches a 10-15
minute mini-lesson that brings the entire
class together as a whole group for a single
reading focus.
Work Session
During this 35-40 minute Work Session, the students
read (independently in their "just right" books, with partners, or
participating in literature circles or book clubs). The teacher confers with
individual students, conducts guided reading or strategy groups, or assesses
students.
Closing
The 5-10 minute Closing brings the class back
together to share what they learned as a reader, often reinforcing the
mini-lesson.
What drives the Readers' Workshop?
Each grade level has a set of internationally
benchmarked standards that provide a framework for instruction. However the
mini-lessons are chosen through on-going assessment that often includes
running records, anecdotal notes, interest inventories, written assessment,
and direct observation. Lessons are chosen to move the class toward the
standard.
*Portions of this overview are from Chets
Creek Elementary School's "Readers' Workshop Overview," © 2006
Thank you to the staff and students of
Chets Creek Elementary in Jacksonville, Florida who allowed us to visit and so
generously shared their knowledge with us.
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