All Literacy classes at Lanier are organized as a Readers/Writers workshop- we will have a writing lesson and a reading lesson each day. We will always be “in” a book that we can and want to read, either independently, in groups, or as a class. In our Literacy classroom, there is a grade-level appropriate library, and we can also bring books from home, or read online books.    

The Workshop is a teaching method that focuses on a student-centered learning environment. The Reader’s notebook will reflect a student’s thinking within a book through the strategies taught in class. In the Writer’s notebook, students will explore different genres of writing and create original writing pieces. The writing pieces will be very student-centered, focusing around issues and ideas that matter to the individual. At Lanier, we use the workshop classroom to focus on students as individuals in order to create a more authentic learning environment, ultimately leading our students to become self-directed, life-long readers and writers.

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