Reading Workshops
- The Essentials of Implementing an Effective Reading Program P-3 (Full Day)
- The Essentials of Implementing an Effective Reading Program 4-9 (Full Day)
- The Essentials of Implementing an Effective Reading Program P-3 (Afternoon)
- The Essentials of Implementing an Effective Reading Program 4-9 (Afternoon)
- Assessment Of Reading (4-9) Afternoon Workshop
- Strengthening Students’ Comprehension (4-9) Afternoon Workshop
- The Role of Shared Reading and Interactive Writing (P-3) Afternoon Workshop
- Strengthening Students’ Codebreaking, Comprehension & Critical Analysis 4-9 (full day)
The Essentials of Implementing an Effective Reading Program 4-9 (Afternoon)
This two hour workshop specifically focuses on supporting middle years teachers in implementing a consistent structured approach to improving the reading of all students in their classroom. The Four Resources Framework and a whole - part -whole approach to the teaching of reading is advocated using a continuum of support which includes the instructional approaches of Modelled, Shared, Guided Reading and Cooperative and Collaborative strategies. Guided and Shared reading are modelled and ideas and strategies are shared with regard to managing the classroom learning environment.
Content Overview
The Four Resources Framework
• The Four Resources Framework ensures that students are explicitly taught the four practices that successful readers draw upon. The framework is a very useful tool to guide our teaching in new times with new literacy.
The Instructional Approaches
• A scaffolded approach - Reading to, Reading with, Reading by
• Applying
new understandings of the four practices to teaching using the instructional
approaches of Shared and Guided Reading
• A particular emphasis
on Guided Reading and modelling of the approach
Managing the Learning Environment
• The organisation and management of small groups of students
for Guided Reading
• Ideas for independent literacy learning activities
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