The Literacy Commitment: Reading and Writing in the Real World
A workshop will be designed for reading and writing teachers, administrators, reading specialists. This workshop can be organized in a number of ways depending on the time allotted and the needs of the teachers.
Teachers must commit time and energy to literacy for all students to become successful readers and writers. In an examination of the critical components of a balanced literacy program, teachers will learn ways to make it work in the real world of your classroom. Finding the time for reading and writing must be a priority in every school. This is true, not only for emerging readers, but for developing and fluent readers to continue to grow and improve, time for what’s important is a real challenge for educators to face.
The Reading Challenge
Teaching the Reading Process in Reader’s Workshop
Using literature to teach the strategies needed to be a “Good” Reader
Shared Reading
Guided Reading
Modeling
Managing the process of listening to your children read and observing their behaviors as they read
Real World Reading
Self-Selected Reading
Structures for Paired Reading, Choral Reading
Read Aloud and Storytime
Conferencing
Using poetry, magazines, and other forms of print
Using volunteers and student tutors
The Writing Challenge
Teaching the Writing Process in Writer’s Workshop
How to develop good writing skills and the strategies needed to pass TAKS writing and be a “Good” Writer, Journal Writing, Letter Writing,
Writing for variety of purposes and genres
Tools to help you manage the writing process, know where students are in the process, what they can do, what they need to work on
Working with Words: Developing decoding and spelling fluency, phonics, and vocabulary using a Literacy-spelling/vocabulary notebook or folder, Word Wall, and many other strategies to increase vocabulary and fluency in writing
