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|  | | | Reader's Workshop
Reader's Workshop: Reader's workshop is an hour long period where students are taught for 15-20 minutes in a whole group setting, work independently for 35-40 minutes, and then gather back together to share what they have learned. The mini-lessons focus on the unit of study, for instance non-fiction. During the independent work time some students are conferred with one-on-one, some work in small homogeneous groups, while others read independently. This is a great way to meet all the individual needs of our students.
Currently: Now that routines and procedures for independent reading are in place, we are focusing on using metacognition, schema, and inferring to deepen our understanding of what we are reading.
These are the standards we are focusing on currently in our classrooms: Students will read one or two books each day. Students will reread favorite books. Students will read to each other. Students will have worthwhile literature read to them.
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