Reader's Workshop Model:
Reader's Workshop provides students with a supportive environment that involves them in authentic reading experiences that focus on the strengths and needs of each individual student.
Reader's Workshop helps kids develop strong reading skills through the use of a mini-lesson, shared reading, read aloud, conferencing, independent reading, paired reading & literature response.
The basic philosophy behind the Reading Workshop is to allow students to spend an extended amount of time reading authentic texts that interest them on a daily basis and to provide opportunities to talk about literature. The ultimate goal of a Reading Workshop is always to develop life-long passionate readers
Reader's Workshop provides students with a supportive environment that involves them in authentic reading experiences that focus on the strengths and needs of each individual student.
Reader's Workshop helps kids develop strong reading skills through the use of a mini-lesson, shared reading, read aloud, conferencing, independent reading, paired reading & literature response.
The basic philosophy behind the Reading Workshop is to allow students to spend an extended amount of time reading authentic texts that interest them on a daily basis and to provide opportunities to talk about literature. The ultimate goal of a Reading Workshop is always to develop life-long passionate readers
Writer's Workshop
Writer's Workshop is very similar to the routine of Reader's Workshop model. Students will be taught a mini-lesson, they will work at their seats independently on their writing pieces and the skill taught in the mini-lesson, I will be going around during this time, conferring with students (possibly pulling a small group of students who are not applying what was taught during the mini-lesson) and then we will come to the closing circle (in our classroom, it is the closing rectangle!).
I will be using a writing curriculum called School Wide to support first grade writers. Through this curriculum your child will develop a sense of how writers write through the mentor texts that are included in each unit. Listed below are the unit titles and month(s) that your child will learning.
August & September : How Writers Write
October: Non-Fiction - All About Books
November: Personal Narrative
December: Mem Fox (Author Study Writing)
January & February: Fiction
March - May: Fiction with Book Review
I will be using a writing curriculum called School Wide to support first grade writers. Through this curriculum your child will develop a sense of how writers write through the mentor texts that are included in each unit. Listed below are the unit titles and month(s) that your child will learning.
August & September : How Writers Write
October: Non-Fiction - All About Books
November: Personal Narrative
December: Mem Fox (Author Study Writing)
January & February: Fiction
March - May: Fiction with Book Review