Components of Kindergarten Reading Block Reading WorkshopWord WorkShared ReadingInteractive Read AloudsRead Alouds

Components of Reading Workshop Mini-Lesson (5 – 7 minutes) Independent Reading (5-10 minutes) Partner Reading (10 minutes) Look Books (10 minutes) Share (1 – 5 minutes)

Reading Workshop’s Awesomeness One specific strategy is taught each day Readers get to practice each day Developmentally appropriate Differentiated Mimics real life reading Time to meet with small groups, guided reading and 1:1 conferences

September - December Look Books Emergent Story Books (aka STAR books) Shared Reading & Interactiv e Writings Songs & Poms

September Reading Block... Morning Message Mini- Lesson Back to Back Hip-Hip

September Reading Block... Share Letter of the day Shared Reading Word Work

September Week by Week What the teacher is doing What the students are doing Week One Teaching: We love reading! Table conferences, observation assessment Moving from rug to table, Choosing books Week Two Teaching importance of time by self and time with friends Back to Back and Hip to Hip Week Three Teaching: Growing Books Starting to meet 1:1 with students briefly Looking more deeply at books - finding letters and numbers, following story Week Four Teaching: Book sense Noticing how much longer students are reading Growing stamina, feeling more connected with their reading buddy

October Week by Week What the teacher is doing What the students are doing Week One Teaching ways to read the story and two kinds of reading Reading Star books! Reading Look books! Week Two Teaching how to think about books and study books Reading each page, studying it, noticing new things Weeks Three & Four Inventing fun things to do with books Acting, using voice...

Emphasis onTeaches September: Exploring the exciting world of books and poems Routines  The ‘workshop’ Loving Books  How to choose books we are engaged with Concepts of Print  Front/Back, Letters, Words, L-R “Growing Books”  Reading the pictures

Emphasis onTeaches October: Star Books Story telling  Paying attention to pictures Story sequencing  Noticing and remembering what happens in a story What happens in  Familiarity with story structures story books “Buddy” Work  How to talk about books Beginning to notice letters/words on page  Sight words/letters studied

Emphasis onTeaches November: Super Readers Reading shared reading  Following a patterned text Interactive writings  Using pictures for help Actually reading!  1 : 1 correspondence  Reading (L-R) and return sweep (T-B)

Emphasis onTeaches December: Shared Reading & Songs Pushing students towards  Conventional reading trickier books Making books come alive  Fluency, storytelling, voice Noticing all the parts  Connecting letters– sounds, of their book covers-insides, etc. New information  Learning from books

January - June January We are Readers! February: Patterns March: Tricky Words April: Characters May: Book Clubs & Non- Fiction June: Goals

Emphasis on Teaches January: Readers have lots of strategies to figure out words and are eager Just Right Books  Students can be independent readers ! : ! matching  Builds confidence from where they are Using the pictures  Everyone reads what is just right for them to solve tricky words Sight Words  To put all these strategies we’ve been learning together and read! Patterns New Library: Leveled Books for all Readers!

Emphasis on Teaches February: Readers are story Detectives who use the patterns in our books to figure out our stories. Finding patterns  Prediction as part of reading Paying attention to  Retell / Comprehension the book’s pattern Using the pattern  Print work to tackle tricky words Looking for objects  Use picture cues to read or action on pageunknown text Reading again and again  Fluency

Emphasis on Teaches March: Readers are brave and resourceful when we encounter hard words and tricky parts of our books. Notice the tricks  Being flexible with strategies Modeling solving tricky words Rereading  Favorite part/new/character Showing your partner  Connecting

Emphasis on Teaches April: Readers get to know the characters in their books. Paying attention to  Inference, connections the characters Paying attention to  Envisioning the illustrations Acting out New Library: Sorted by character

Emphasis on Teaches May: Readers learn information about the world through our books. Study different topics  Books have information/teach us Partners share info  We can see things differently Looking at book first  Prediction What am I learning?  Synthesis New & exciting things!  Excitement of reading to learn New Library: Non-Fiction books

Emphasis on Teaches June: Readers learn information about the world through our books. Recognizing reading  Making connections between as a gift books and people Unleveled books  Fluency & expression  Appreciation for reading  Outside of school “survival” New Library: mixed books