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Readers' Workshop
What is Readers Workshop?
comprehending text.
student through differentiated instruction.
- A teaching method in which the goal is to explicitly teach
comprehending text.
- Involves students in authentic reading experiences that
student through differentiated instruction.
- Emphasizes the importance of student engagement and the interaction between readers and the text.
- Research says…
In the workshop model, students are invited to become actively
involved in their learning, and in the process learn more about how to
read various kinds of texts (Atwell).
There is not much good to say about “hard reading.” If you want kids
to fail, give them “hard books” they can’t read with less than 95%
comprehension. The end result of a steady diet of “can’t do” is
unmotivated, hard to manage, oppositional students (Allington).
Students are given an opportunity to read at their own level and
choose their own books. Research has shown that motivation predicts
reading volume, which improves achievement (Allington).
Reading improves when:
More time is provided in uninterrupted blocks
Students think about what they’ve read and explain their thinking
There is ongoing strategy instruction
Students have “literate conversations” (Allington).