Reading Workshop Teacher Self-Reflection

Jennifer EvansAssistant Director ELASt. Clair County RESA

Evans.jennifer@sccresa.orghttp://www.protopage.com/evans.jennifer

Agenda

What: Reading

Workshop Why:

How: Teacher Self-

ReflectionPLC

Regie Routman…Conversations

“There must be a match between what we teach and the child’s needs, interests, engagement, and readiness to learn. It takes a knowledgeable teacher, not a program from a publisher, to determine and assess what needs to be directly taught and how and when to teach it.”

The following principals are not new. They have been proven by years of research as well as

classroom experience.

Students need lots of time to

read.

Students need to read books that interest

them.

Students need to be read to

(in all grades).

Students need to see adults

reading.

Students need teachers who

are knowledgeable about reading.

Students need access to a

wide variety of reading

material.

Variation in Amount of Independent Reading

Percentile Rank Minutes/Day Reading

Words/Year

98 67.3 4,733,000

90 33.4 2,357,000

70 16.9 1,168,000

50 9.2 601,000

30 4.3 251,000

10 1.0 51,000

2 0 8,000

Why?

Reading Workshop Does This

What Does It Mean?

Discuss each box on the “Teacher Self-Reflection” Tool.

Review Teacher Self-Reflection for Reading Workshop

Highlight Where you are on the Continuum

Select one area to concentrate on:

For example in Teaching Strategies : My goal is to successfully implement all

components of a guided reading lesson including before, during,

and after activities. Or

Grouping: I am just beginning to observe students’ reading behaviors and to think about forming groups based on levels of text; I have not identified other ways that I use to

group students. Usually I teach the whole class.

Plan how you will integrate this chosen goal into every lesson you plan just as you would support your students in achieving their goals.

Keep This in Mind:

Questions?