Reading Workshop Teacher Self-Reflection
Jennifer EvansAssistant Director ELASt. Clair County RESA
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Agenda
What: Reading
Workshop Why:
How: Teacher Self-
ReflectionPLC
Regie Routman…Conversations
“There must be a match between what we teach and the child’s needs, interests, engagement, and readiness to learn. It takes a knowledgeable teacher, not a program from a publisher, to determine and assess what needs to be directly taught and how and when to teach it.”
The following principals are not new. They have been proven by years of research as well as
classroom experience.
Students need lots of time to
read.
Students need to read books that interest
them.
Students need to be read to
(in all grades).
Students need to see adults
reading.
Students need teachers who
are knowledgeable about reading.
Students need access to a
wide variety of reading
material.
Variation in Amount of Independent Reading
Percentile Rank Minutes/Day Reading
Words/Year
98 67.3 4,733,000
90 33.4 2,357,000
70 16.9 1,168,000
50 9.2 601,000
30 4.3 251,000
10 1.0 51,000
2 0 8,000
Why?
Reading Workshop Does This
What Does It Mean?
Discuss each box on the “Teacher Self-Reflection” Tool.
Review Teacher Self-Reflection for Reading Workshop
Highlight Where you are on the Continuum
Select one area to concentrate on:
For example in Teaching Strategies : My goal is to successfully implement all
components of a guided reading lesson including before, during,
and after activities. Or
Grouping: I am just beginning to observe students’ reading behaviors and to think about forming groups based on levels of text; I have not identified other ways that I use to
group students. Usually I teach the whole class.
Plan how you will integrate this chosen goal into every lesson you plan just as you would support your students in achieving their goals.
Keep This in Mind:
Questions?