Teacher reads daily, models fluency, models thinking process out loud, builds a shared class literacy history with varied genres and authors rereads books for different purposes, fostering discussion and response to literature.--------------------------------------------------------
Shared Reading Reading large or other print that is visually accessible to all, teacher models reading skills and strategies –inviting all students to participate in the practice – resources may be big books, overheads, multiple copies of passages, content textbooks | Strong instruction begins with clear, precise language that models for students what will be expected of them. Therefore, the entire class benefits from work in both reading and writing that is MODELED & SHARED first!
Texts read and written here can now become mentor texts for mini lessons during workshop time. It is the familiarity with these common texts that allows for more in-depth and detailed study of individual elements, skills, and strategies presented later in the workshop. | Modeled Writing Teacher models writing for students while verbalizing thinking (and reasoning) beginning with how to record print and moving to more sophisticated decisions about word choice, genre, content, varying purposes, audience, etc.----------------------------------------------------------
Shared/Interactive Writing Teacher uses language experience and interactive writing to transcribe a negotiated message – letting the students record purposeful portions of the text. Texts should reflect varying genres, content, purpose, audience etc. |