Reading

The readers' workshop provides a structures to the teaching of reading, one that has been designed to make sure that students are given the essentials they need to flourish as readers.  The structure of the workshop is predictable, I teach a 10 - 15 minute minilesson, and the bulk of the time students spend reading, imagining, thinking, recalling, questioning, talking, writing, reviewing, comparing, researching, and reading some more.  While students are reading, I'm free to observe, to listen, to assess, and to teach into each students' level of need.