ReadingWorkshop
During Reading Workshop children are engaged in a variety of activities and lessons that strengthen their literacy skills. We begin our workshop with the “Class Check-In” when children choose the order of their independent literacy activities for the day. There are 5 choices for the work times:
Read to Self
Read to Somebody
Listen to Reading
Word Work
Writing
While children are engaged in their independent work, I work with small groups reading a text together (guided reading) or on word work activities. I also meet with individual students each day to confer about their reading or practice other needed skills. Throughout the workshop, children move from their literacy choice to brief whole group lessons to break up the session. At the end of Reading Workshop we gather once again to share our new learning.
ReadingWorkshop
During Reading Workshop children are engaged in a variety of activities and lessons that strengthen their literacy skills. We begin our workshop with the “Class Check-In” when children choose the order of their independent literacy activities for the day. There are 5 choices for the work times:
Read to Self
Read to Somebody
Listen to Reading
Word Work
Writing
While children are engaged in their independent work, I work with small groups reading a text together (guided reading) or on word work activities. I also meet with individual students each day to confer about their reading or practice other needed skills. Throughout the workshop, children move from their literacy choice to brief whole group lessons to break up the session. At the end of Reading Workshop we gather once again to share our new learning.
The CAFÉ Menu for Reading Strategies
The “CAFÉ Menu” is a collection of highly effective reading strategies that the students will be taught to use, to help them become better readers. They are organized into four goals:
• C is for Comprehension: “I understand what I read.”
• A is for Accuracy: “I can read the words.”
• F is for Fluency: “I can read smoothly, with expression.”
• É is for Expanding Vocabulary: “I know, find, and use interesting words.”
During individual conferences, I will listen to your child read, help him/her pick a reading goal, and suggest a reading strategy that will help. I will provide coaching on how to use the strategy, and then meet back with your child at a later date to see if he/she has been able to use the strategy. Your child should be able to tell you exactly what goal he/she is working on: “I am working on my accuracy”, and his/her strategy: “I am looking for small words inside big words to help me read new words”. Research shows that when students know exactly what they need to work on, and why, they are much more successful in meeting their goals!
The CAFÉ Menu for Reading Strategies
• C is for Comprehension: “I understand what I read.”
• A is for Accuracy: “I can read the words.”
• F is for Fluency: “I can read smoothly, with expression.”
• É is for Expanding Vocabulary: “I know, find, and use interesting words.”
During individual conferences, I will listen to your child read, help him/her pick a reading goal, and suggest a reading strategy that will help. I will provide coaching on how to use the strategy, and then meet back with your child at a later date to see if he/she has been able to use the strategy. Your child should be able to tell you exactly what goal he/she is working on: “I am working on my accuracy”, and his/her strategy: “I am looking for small words inside big words to help me read new words”. Research shows that when students know exactly what they need to work on, and why, they are much more successful in meeting their goals!
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