What is Workshop? The workshop model is simple and powerful. It derives from the insight that h children hild llearn by b d doing… i Harvey Daniels and Marilyn Bizar Best Practices Effective teachers who help students achieve at high levels: – – – have students do more writing and reading of whole texts spend little time on “stuff”- activities/worksheets realize that reading and writing are interdependent (Regie Routman, 2005) Workshop is a Key Component of the SDW Comprehensive Literacy Program Reading – 90 minutes daily (45-60 minutes devoted to Reading Workshop) Writing week) – 45-60 minutes (3-5 times a Teach Throughout the Workshop Minilesson Work Time Conferring g Sharing Minilesson Short, teacher directed lesson. Teacher introduces ONE skill/idea/strategy. gy Teacher models or demonstrates skill. Students practice skill. Work Time Students actively engaged in authentic reading or writing Teacher actively engaged in 1-1 or small group teaching Conferring Heart of the workshop where differentiated instruction occurs One-on-one O or smallll group Occurs everyday throughout the reading and writing iti workshop. k h Sharing An additional opportunity to teach and d llearn. Varied formats Why Workshop? Choice Children at the earliest levels benefit from a workshop approach to reading reading. When students learn to make choices, they “choose to read outside of school as well as within the workshop.” Carol Avery Why Workshop? Volume The amount of reading g and writing g that students do is positively related to achievement. Report Card for the Nation, 1998 Why Workshop? Differentiation “The workshop is the best, maybe the only, truly differentiated approach to teaching and learning Here learning. Here, students can act as and are known as individuals. Here, teachers recognize g and support pp the needs and g growth of individual students.” Nancie Atwell In Summary… The underlying message emerging from all of th these researchers h and d educators d t iis th thatt teachers must put real reading (& writing) behaviors at the heart of teaching practices practices. A Workshop Model will help set up a framework in which to accomplish p this while meeting the needs of diverse learners. Orehovec & Alley