READING ~ WRITING WORKSHOP

 

The purpose of "reading & writing workshop" is to promote literacy & writing in the classroom.  We set the purpose for students by focusing on text and promoting the enjoyment and love of reading through meaningful interactions with many genres.  This is true for writing as well.  By making their own responses to reading or responding in some written context to what they have read, students begin to understand what they read.

"Reading is Thinking"
"Making good book choices"
Keep scrolling for a collection of great links...

1. TOPICS TO WRITE ABOUT

A. WRITING PROMPTS

B. WRITING FIX FOR STUDENTS & TEACHERS

C. MORE WRITING PROMPTS WHAT IF...WHAT IS...WHAT DO YOU THINK...WHAT...HOW...I WISH...

  

2. WAYS WE CHOOSE BOOKS

 

 3. READING IS THINKING  

4. HOW TO BUZZ EFFECTIVELY

 

 5. WRITING STYLES

a. Persuasive Writing

B. Friendly Letter

C. Narrative, Expository..

D Forms of writing
6. WRITING PROCESS

A. HISTORY...FORMS...AND MORE

 7. READING STRATEGIES 8. Making Connections 9. Addressing an envelope 10. Letter Generator

Stamina...this is needed to be a great reader!  Try these books that deliver a powerful message about Stamina in life:

1. Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman. By:Kathleen Krull
2. Walk On! A guide for babies of all ages. By: Marla Frazee
3. Sky Boys: How they Built The Empire State Building. By: Deborah Hopkinson
4. I Will Make Miracles. By: Susie Morgenstern

The key messages my students got from these books are:

 

LINKS:

1. What is Writer's Workshop? This is an online teaching resource.

2. Inside Writing Communities: This is a resource for teachers gr.3-5 but could easily be adapted.

3. Writer's Workshop: Making writing a lifelong habit for elementary students. (gr.2/3)

4. How to Start a Writer's Workshop: Good step-by-step guide

5. Launching your Writer's Workshop in the classroom: The sample lessons will help you begin to build a logical sequence of focus lessons that prepare writers for a year in the workshop model.

6. Reader's Workshop: Instructional strategies and techniques.

7. Readers & Writers Workshop: An in-depth look at a morning in my classroom, including our Readers Workshop, Writers Workshop, Authors' Chair, and Word Study.

8.  Differentiation in Reader's Workshop: Ideas to meet and challenge your students’ needs during Reader’s Workshop.

9. Reading Workshop Thick & Thin questions: This site is an amazing fully loaded tool box!  A must to visit and take many useful strategies & ideas away with you!

10. Writing Workshop: An in-depth look at the various components of the writing workshop process.

11. Reader's Workshop: Ideas, Models and instructional Strategies

12. Fantastic sites to help you know your child as reader and to help pick "Just Right" books for them.