Reading+Workshop

What are the structures of a Reading Workshop?


 * Minilesson
 * Children engage in ongoing reading work; teacher engages in conferring or small-group work
 * Mid-workshop teaching point
 * Children resume ongoing reading work; teacher resumes conferring and small group work
 * Writing about reading
 * Teaching Share
 * Read-Aloud Time

The workshop is collaborative:
 * Independent reading (really, anything but "independent")
 * partnerships
 * reading clubs

The workshop is a place that values words

The Environment and Materials in a Reading Workshop
 * Library
 * Meeting Area
 * Book Bins/Baggies
 * Take-home baggies
 * Reading logs
 * Short-stacks of just-right books
 * post-its
 * temporary scaffolds