Reader's Workshop Units at a Glance:

As reading and writing are interdependent, balanced literacy instruction in one subject supports learning in the other. Reading workshops are designed to offer a simple structure so that the teacher can focus on the complex work of observing students' progress and teaching to address their unique needs and strengths.

The year will be broken into five units:

Unit 1: Nurturing our Reading Lives

Unit 2: What’s the Point? Determining the Main Ideas Authors Most Want Us to Know

Unit 3: Forming Ideas About Real and Fictional Characters: A Fiction and Biography Unit

Unit 4: Reading Across Informational Texts to Research a Topic -Test Taking Strategies (mini unit for 2 weeks)

Unit 5: Interpreting Characters’ Relationships in Book Clubs