Mini Lesson: 10-15 Minutes
Each Reading Workshop session will begin with a mini lesson that lasts
approximately 10-15 minutes. Each mini lesson will focus on a reading
strategy. There may be times where a strategy will be studied over the course
of several days, in which case the mini lessons that week will be related to
that strategy.
Activity Time/Independent Reading: 35-40 Minutes
* Read Independently/Practice skill from mini-lesson
* Meet with Reading Partners-Partners set up meeting times to discuss a
text that they have chosen to read simultaneously
* Write in Response Notebooks–Students turn in response journals where
they are asked to make various connections and reflections about what they
have read.
* Guided Reading- A small group of students read a book together with
support from Mrs. Morelos
Guided reading is a major part of a balanced literacy program in our
classroom. During guided reading, students read as the teacher guides them
through the story. I pause to ask questions and prompt readers to use
multiple reading strategies to decode words and comprehend the text. Great
discussions arise from our reading sessions as students learn to make
connections to the text, predict what will happen and
ask questions as they read, visualize events happening in the story, make
inferences, and respond to stories in their reading response journals. It is
also a time for the teacher to observe whether or not students are using the
reading strategies taught during shared reading and teacher read-alouds.
* Conferring With Students-Mrs. Morelos meets with individuals or small
groups to practice a reading strategy and/or to assess student progress.
Sharing: 5-10 Minutes
During this time the class might:
*Meet as a whole group to refer back to the mini-lesson and think further
*Meet together to think about and respond to questions such as: What did
you learn about reading today? What did you learn about yourself as a reader?
*Meet in small groups to have a quick chat about how the reading is going