Mini Lesson

A mini lesson is a concise explicit lesson that teaches a single focused skill or strategy.

A reading mini-lesson can occur throughout all aspects of literacy instruction. A reading mini-lesson is a short, teacher-led discussion of a reading skill, which is practical and immediately useful. It is intentionally kept short so that the majority of each reading period will be available to the students for reading and literacy building activities. Each mini-lesson covers a single, narrowly defined topic targeting specific needs.

What are Reading Minilessons?What are reading minilessons? Why are reading minilessons important? And what do they look like in the classroom?

Minilessons are brief-each one will take approximately five to ten minutes to deliver during whole group time. Usually, you will teach only one focused lesson each day, but minilessons will be logically organized and build on each other. Anchor charts state the minilesson principles and provide a way for you to capture the students' thinking during the lesson and reflect on the learning at the end.

Kindergarten Reading Mini Lesson

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