intro selves and readers workshop! where it all begins…. planning a unit

Intro Selves and Readers Workshop! Where it all begins….Planning a unit

standards, planning page, collaborate!

Mini Lesson 101*new video of all components

Lesson Plansstandards, lesson plan format, sample lesson plans,

practice!What are the other kids doing?

read to self, read to someone, word work, listen to reading, centers

Assessment/Working with Readersconferences, strategy groups vs. guided reading,

phonics, stop and jotWalk on! Choose one thing and go for it! Question and Answer

League of Extraordinary Readers

Amy CardwellLyssa Sahadevan

East Side ElementaryMarietta, GA

Classroom Libraries *Start here!There is not just one, right way!

Author, genre, season, animals, dinosaurs, strong feelings, leveled, mixed, etc!

Team leveling parties, volunteer opp for parents!

To level, or not to level, that is the question!

5 Finger rule, interest books, matching kids to books If you don’t like to read, you haven’t

found the right book. -J.K. Rowling

“Classrooms with at least 1,000 books consistently outscore classrooms that

don’t, across every grade level.”

R. Allington

If we want our students to be fluent, strong readers, we must flood their classrooms with

books. Oooh, a book flood!

But HOW?book drives, Scholastic points, Amazon

wishlists, yard sale, thrift stores

Readers and Writers Workshop

Just Right

Strategies

The Almighty Anchor Chart

Brain Break!

Informational Action*

Informational readers change their voices to make info stand out!

Sorting~a great place to start!

Reading and Writing Collide!

First grade authors!

Strong feelings start in reading…

Planning a UnitTypes

launch, fix up strategies, readers are thinkers, text features, characters, metacognition, reading partnersHow To…

standards, collaborate, map it out!

• Connection– Reference to prior teaching

• Teach– Model strategy

• Active Engagement– Students try the strategy

• Link– Invitation to try this strategy “today and everyday!”

VIDEO coming soon!Sample lesson plansTry it on your own!

Mini Lesson 101*

So, what about the other kids?

1st and 3rd grade classroom video

read to self, read to someone, word work, listen to reading

*The first day of school sets the tone for reader’s workshop all year.

Assessing Readers *Strategy groups vs. guided readingConferencesPhonics instructionStop and jotRunning Records

Keeping up with it all!

Resources:Teachers College Videos FREE!

Read Works FREE!

Symbaloo FREE!

Chartchums

My Mommy Reads

Smilebox FREE for teachers!

The best advice we ever received…..

Questions? *

“Be genuine. Laugh. Love. Be patient.” ― Debbie Miller

“Get to know your readers.”-Kathy Collins

Amy.Cardwell@cobbk12.orgLyssa.Sahadevan@cobbk12.org