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Reader's Workshop
Reader's Workshop
Reader's Workshop is a large part of our literacy instruction, along with Shared Reading, Read-Alouds, and Guided Reading. It requires all students to be completely engaged in reading for long periods of time with books that are at their reading level. While students work on their self-chosen texts, the teacher moves around the room reading, encouraging, and conferring with the readers. The longer students can sustain reading, the more support the teacher can give each student.
At Home Tips
Inspire a love of reading at home! Allow them to choose books that they love and encourage sustained and fluent reading each night. Make it fun with stuffed animals, siblings, flashlights, silly voices, etc. Talk about the stories to practice comprehension, vocabulary, and retelling with details!
Writer's Workshop
Writer's Workshop
Just as Reader's Workshop focuses on long periods of sustained reading, Writer's Workshop requires sustained writing. Students are encouraged to write a large volume of stories that can be edited and revised later using an array of strategies from other authors. We spend a lot of time discussing our ideas, reflecting on mentor texts and how own our work can imitate strong writer's craft.
At Home Tips
With so much technology at our fingers, we rarely spend time with a pen and paper and allow ourselves to quietly write. Encourage writing muscles to strengthen with practice. Work on handwriting and proper letter formation. Encourage inventive spelling for new words and accountability for known word patterns/high frequency words!
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