Readers workshop

An anchor chart for reader's workshop!

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In upper grade classrooms, students spend a great deal of time responding to the texts they read. Over the years I have found that no matter what grade level I teach, students have a difficult time writing thorough and meaningful reading responses. At the start of every year my students need quite a bit of guidance when writing their responses. One of the best ways that I have found to teach students to write meaningful responses is by providing them with sentence frames. I like to encourage…

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Today, I want to share my lessons and goals for the first few days in reading workshop with you. It is going to be the first day of school real soon {maybe some of you are already back in the swing of things!} and you are going to be busy! You will surely have a list a mile long of the thi

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Here's a poster I just finished up that I'll be adding to my classroom this year! Cara at The First Grade Parade made a poster for "Why Writers Write." I've been wanting to make one for "Why Readers Read" and finally made it tonight.

It is important that you use the first few weeks of reading to launch your workshop. One thing that I like to do during this time is create reading workshop anchor charts. Creating anchor charts for reading workshop is an important part of instruction. Reading workshop expectations anchor charts can be prepared ahead of time but students should have an active role it its creation. Click the pin to see 5 anchor charts to launch reading workshop!

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Learn how to plan and master your reader's workshop mini lesson so that you can boost readers with solid teaching points.

Literature Circles (Book Clubs) are one of my favorite ways to engage students in reading. Get your kids independently talking about books while you meet with your guided reading groups.

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Classroom book clubs engage students in meaningful conversations that grow reading comprehension strategies. Get tips and tools for running effective clubs!

Tips and strategies for reading aloud from Laura Candler's Teaching Resources - free printables and graphic organizers, too!

Questions good readers ask..before, during, and after a book. Great reading strategy for students during readers workshop or guided reading.