Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Group 8 Leader # 4 Katie Allred
We have been talking about reading and writing workshops in class and I have a concern about presenting the workshops to my future students. I think that they are great activities, but with all the enforcement at schools to do voyager or Trophies how is it really possible to do Reading and writing workshops? If you don't know what reading and writing workshops are they are mini lessons to help students. Reading workshops usually allows the students to choose their own book, they work on strategies to develop comprehension and create responses to their readings. In writing workshops students focus on creating a piece of writing and work with the teacher one on one to develop strategies to increase writing abilities. I love the idea of the reading and writing workshops I am just not sure how we will be able to implement them as well as our required literacy programs. Any ideas?
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My practicum teacher does literacy in the mornings, so I have seen trophies and writing and reading workshops done. In the begginning of class students know that they have to do paragraph editing. A half-hour later all student have an assigned partner for the week and they being writers workshop and reading workshop. Some groups will do leap-pad, some groups will work with their partner to find an appropriate reading level book that they will read to each other and help each other with words they do not know. I believe there is about 4 diiferent assignments and each have about 4-6 students at each. When students have completed their workshop for that day, they continue to do "friendly letters". After an hour, they will take out their Trophies books and read with their partners outloud. A lot is done in this hour and a half, but my teacher gets it done! Its amazing, but I believe when we become teachers we will be able to accomplish things!
I have also observed a class that sets up writing workshop in the classroom. The classroom is set up in stations and is very organized! The key is to manage time and prepare everything before class starts. I believe it also helps with transitions between lessons in the classroom.(I would keep a stop watch with me so I don't get side tracked)
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