Inside Readers' & Writers' Workshop

So, what does Readers' and Writers' workshop look like? Well, if you have been wondering about this, we can help you out! The students of Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Constande and Mrs. Sani's third grade ELA class had mini-lessons about what to expect during Readers' Workshop and what to expect during Writers' Workshop. Here is a list of what we came up with: Readers' Workshop

• Teachers leading mini-lesson
• Students engaged in active involvement
• Students sharing their thoughts
• Work Period
• -Students reading independently
• -Students reading with a partner
• -Students reading with a small group
• -Students working with a teacher in a small group
• -Students having one on one conferencing with a teacher
• Students listening to a read aloud
• Students discussing a read aloud
• Closing Meeting- share what you have learned

Writers' Workshop

A. Opening Lesson

• Teacherteaches mini-lesson
• Teacher shares writing
• Students share writing
• Teacher reads read aloud
• Students participate in active involvement

B. Work Period

• Students write independently
• Students write with peer
• Students write in small group
• Teacher meets with small group
• Teacher conferences with child one on one

C. Closing Meeting

• Teacher selects studetns to share work that focuses on skills or strategy from mini-lesson

Check out our Readers' Workshop Overview to study for our quiz on Readers' Workshop that we will be having this Friday!

**One last quick note! We will be having a "mini-quiz" on proper nouns tomorrow. If you want some extra paractice, click here to play this fun game online!