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"Launching Readers' Workshop"

Resource for our first readers' workshop unit written by Stevi Quate

"Teachers College Spring 2010"

"Story Character Homepage"

Reading and writing workshops are instructional strategies as well as organizational frameworks for language arts instruction.

Reading and Writing Workshop webpage

Poetry Unit

Reading Strategies

"A Word About Reading Workshop Reading workshop gives students the opportunity to read a wider range of material than might be found in a basal reading series and to respond to the material in a many ways (Atwell, 1989). Teachers have used this rather broadly defined model to create various experiences for their students. Generally, a considerable block of time is set aside each day for reading workshop. During that time students typically engage in the following activities: * reading and responding to literature * having group minilessons on skills and strategies * participating in individual conferences with the teacher to review progress, receive individual instruction, and make plans for future activities * sharing reading responses with the group "

"I think it's about to happen again. Education is famous for wide swings of the pendulum. From code emphasis to meaning emphasis, from whole class to small group… and then back again. The "experts" find "the true answer" or begin to express doubt about or criticism of a widely accepted practice. Before you know it, everyone has jumped on the bandwagon. It's the lead article in all of the professional journals. It's the keynote address at conferences. Publishers rush to get out new materials. School districts scramble to write new curricula. Educational consultants offer new workshops. Teachers struggle to change their instructional practices. "

Even Nancie Atwell has experienced sticky note overkill!

Feature articles Video

"Putting Kids to the Test"

Feature article unit

"Chile: A Shattered Nation"

Feature Article Unit

Commentary Unit

"Marching Forward"

Feature Article unit

Feature Article Unit

Journalism unit: these stories would be great for read alouds

Game to read, comprehend, and recall feature articles. This is something that would be good with the whole class or smaller groups using a Smartboard or tablet PC

Grade 7 Journalism Unit