1. Parent Literacy Workshop

2. Welcome to our Parent Workshop
During this session we plan to…
Discuss the importance of reading
Explore our own personal experiences as a developing readers
Compare Reading Workshop to Traditional Reading Instruction
Identify characteristics of independent readers
Celebrate the environments that support independence
Discuss Home-School Connections

3. What is Reading? Marie Clay
“A message-getting, problem-solving act which increases in power and flexibility the more it is practiced. “
Marie Clay

4. Reading is important because…
• It enables children to access all areas of the curriculum
independently
• It is a life skill
• Children who read often and read a wide range of books are better
writers
• It enables children to respond to comprehension questions and
increase their understanding of a text on a deeper level
• It broadens and deepens vocabulary
• It enhances their knowledge and understanding of the world

5. Are interested in reading Expect to understand what they are reading
Confident and Successful Readers…
Are interested in reading
Expect to understand what they are reading
Know that there are different types of books (story books, information books, picture books, comics)
Know they need to use a variety of reading strategies
Realize when they have stopped understanding what they are reading
Don’t give up if their first strategy is not successful
Develop and grow new ideas about their reading
Talk to others about the books they read

6. How did you learn to read?
Talk to your neighbor about how you learned to read

7. Principles of the Workshop Model
Matches readers to ‘just right’ literary texts
Preserves large blocks of time for reading
Provides students with specific feedback about process, book selection, strategy use, etc…
Promotes inquiry and scholarly ‘talk’ about books
Promotes community and collaboration
Perpetuates a love of reading

8. Why Reading Workshop? Fosters independence in children
Supports a strong sense of community
Invites engagement
Fosters conversation and inquiry
Uses the gradual release of responsibility
Considers the identities and behaviors of READERS
Celebrates the READER ?

9. South Milwaukee School District

10. What does Reading Workshop include?
Whole group Interactive Read Aloud Lessons
Mini-Lessons
Independent reading and practice
Shared Reading
Guided Reading and Strategy Groups
Conferring
Ongoing assessment
Book Clubs
Conversation and sharing of ideas

11. Whole Class Interactive Read Aloud

12. Guided Reading/Strategy Groups

13. Partnerships

14. Independent Reading

21. Building a Community of Readers

22. Classroom Libraries… Support literacy instruction
Support self-selection and attaining balanced reading diet
Help students learn more about books
Provide opportunities for independent reading and extensions
Serve as a place for students to talk about and interact with books

28. First Reading Workshop Unit of Study:
“Launching”
Goals of the Unit:
Establish reading behaviors, rituals and routines for Reading Workshop.
Establish a community that fosters active listening, thinking, engagement, and participation in all aspects of a Reading Workshop.
Get to know ourselves and each other as readers
Setting goals for ourselves as readers and establishing an initial repertoire of strategies to further develop across the year.

29. Students will be reading an independent reading book at all times---this book may travel between home and school. You may also see students using their Reading Notebooks to gather and develop thinking about their reading.

30. Home/School Connection:
Talk to you child about his/her reading life.
What are you reading? Why did you select this text?
What are you thinking about as you are reading?
What are you reading next?
Talk with your child about your own self as a reader—your interests, habits and passions as a reader.

31. Show your child your love of reading!

32. Lifelong Readers Readers choose what they want to read.
Readers talk about what they read with others.
Readers read a variety of texts.
Readers make sure they understand what they are reading.

33. A love of reading is the best gift a parent can give to a child