Reader's Workshop

This year in first grade we are using a workshop model for reading instruction. Each day we meet for a mini lesson focused on a reading skill, and then students go off and practice independent reading. During this reading time I meet one on one and in small groups with students to work on specific reading goals. At the end of our reading time we meet once more to reflect on a skill or strategy and share about our reading that day. The main component of our reading workshop is spending quality time in text. This month we've kicked off our workshop by looking at ways to pick just right books, learning about foundational skills that readers use consistently, and building our reading stamina. We have gone from 3 minutes of engaged reading to 7 minutes and we track the growth in our reading stamina each day. Look at all of these engaged readers!