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Welcome to Reading Workshop: Structures and Routines that Support All Readers, Brenda Krupp and Lynne Dorfman bring their years of collective experience leading successful reading workshops to showcase the structures, routines, rituals, and behind-the-scenes decision making that will have your reading workshop running smoothly and effectively. Within the pages, youll find ways to effectively use self-selected reading materials, create mini-lessons, build time for reading conferences and small group work, and use assessments to guide instruction.
In this practical guide, youll find tips and ideas to make these techniques immediately attainable, including:
- Recommendation lists from much loved books to classroom implementation suggestions
- Easy to access video clips to extend learning
- Expert contributions and tips from the field
- A rich appendix with templates, lessons, and resources
- Reflection questions to promote collegial conversations
Whether youre a brand-new teacher or seasoned veteran, youre looking to try something new or working on refining your current reading workshops, the authors welcome you to join them in an exploration of this powerful instructional model.
Welcome to Reading Workshop will inspire you and your students with an excitement for reading that fosters engagement and builds life-long readers.
Introduction: A Model to Help Students Become Readers
Chapter 1 A
WELCOMING FOUNDATION FOR READERS
Chapter 2 BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF READERS
Chapter 3 THE POWER OF READ-ALOUDS AND MENTOR TEXTS TO INSPIRE COMMUNITY AND
SUPPORT THE READING WORKSHOP
Chapter 4 RESPONDING TO READING
Chapter 5
MINILESSONS: BRINGING READERS TOGETHER FOR EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION
Chapter 6
CLASSROOM LIBRARIES: SHARING THE EXCITEMENT OF READING
Chapter 7 INDEPENDENT
READING TIME: SUPPORTING READERS AT WORK
Chapter 8 SMALL GROUP WORK: SAFE
ENVIRONMENTS TO SHARE THINKING AND BUILD CONFIDENCE
Chapter 9 SHARING AND
REFLECTION: BUILDING TRUST AND RESPECT FOR EACH OTHERS IDEAS
Chapter 10
CLASSROOM ASSESSMENTS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE; Afterword LETS GET STARTED
Brenda J. Krupp has 33 years of experience as a classroom teacher and staff development coach in the Souderton Area School District. She has worked with the National Writing Project and the state affiliate (PA Writing and Literature Project) as a co-director for the Summer Invitational Institute and as a presenter at National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) conference, Keystone State Literacy Association conference, as well as local conferences. This is her first book. Lynne R. Dorfman has 38 years of experience in Upper Moreland Township School District as classroom teacher, gifted education teacher K5, writing and literacy coach, reading specialist, and staff developer. Lynne's co-authored many books including Mentor Texts, 2nd Edition: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K6 and Welcome to Writing Workshop: Engaging Today's Students with a Model That Works. Currently, she's an adjunct professor for Arcadia University and independent literacy consultant.
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