P-3 Reading Workshop

"Kids not only need to read a lot but they need lots of books they can read right at their fingertips. They also need access to books that entice them, attract them to reading. Schools...can make it easy and unrisky for children to take books home for the evening or weekend by worrying less about losing books to children and more about losing children to illiteracy."
Richard L. Allington

Professional Development for Classroom Teachers

Workshop topics:

This full day reading workshop for P-3 classroom teachers and teacher's aides examines the teaching of reading in the early years. This is a focused workshop which will examine both strategies for reading and a variety of instructional approaches for teaching. Participants will examine student's reading with a view to targeting instruction for individuals, small and large groups. The reading process is explored along with effective strategies and prompts for teaching.

The Instructional Approaches

The instructional approaches Read Aloud, Shared and Guided Reading are examined in detail and through demonstration and discussion. Participants will explore ways that each of the approaches can successfully be used to build the specific skills and knowledges required for independent reading. Strategies to assist students to comprehend texts will be provided.

Literature Circles

Literature Circles provide an additional instructional approach for the classroom, but are not commonly used in the early years. The value of this collaborative strategy to deepen understandings of texts and teach for comprehension is invaluable for learning and highly engaging for students. Strategies for preparing students, selecting literature, getting started and scaffolding for success are outlined.

Developed by:

Angela Ehmer M.Ed, B.Ed, Dip.T.

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