Launching+Reader's+Workshop


 * Launching Reader’s Workshop **

You will spend the first month of school learning the rules and procedures for reading workshop. Below are examples rules, routines, and mini-lessons that can be adapted to meet the needs of your students.

1. Introduce the 4 parts of Reading Workshop · Interactive Teacher Read Aloud · Connected Skill/Strategy Mini-lesson

Teacher Read Aloud will be followed by a connected mini lesson. Read Aloud with mini-lesson will last approximately 10-15 minutes. During a mini lesson, the teacher will introduce a specific concept, also known as the “teaching point” (TP). Most often the teaching point will focus on a reading strategy or skill. The teacher will explicitly __model or demonstrate the skill__ for the students.

Students then get a chance to practice the skill or strategy on their own, with a partner, or in a group. This part of the mini-lesson is called the __active engagement.__

· Individualized Daily Reading (IDR) Use poster and [|R5 Independent Reading Article] to explain “IDR5)

Read, Relax, Reflect, Respond, and Rap! · Closing/Sharing This will help them understand that reading workshop follows the same predictable structure EVERYDAY!