Workshop Life

If you stopped by during reading here are some things you would notice.

Reading and Writing workshop are well underway! Students have the routines down and have been eager to get going with their independent practice after the mini-lessons. Here is a glimpse at some of the skills we have been working on in class.

Reading Workshop-our first unit is reading fiction.  Students are keeping track of their reading in a reading log, selecting “just-right” books, and sharing their reading with a partner.  A large part of this unit is understanding and practicing how to talk to our partners about books.  We are learning how to become active listeners when our partners are talking. Eye contact, smiling, and giving feedback are all important pieces to making this work.

Writing Workshop-our first unit is personal narratives.  Student journals are full of small moment stories. They have gained tips on how to come up with ideas, focused on showing, not telling, and studied the work of other authors to write good story leads. Their next step is to choose one of their stories to work with some more and publish.