EDUA 5480 Reader's Workshop Model (K-8)
READER'S WORSKSHOP MODEL IN THE CLASSROOM (K-8)
To succeed in school (and beyond), students need to be able to read and comprehend a variety of texts across disciplines. Unfortunately, not all students have the basic skill sets and strategies they need to do so. If students struggle to adopt certain skills (i.e., making connections, asking questions, inferring, summarizing, and monitoring understanding), they will most likely struggle to understand, analyze, and interpret what they read. Reader’s workshop is an excellent model for engaging students in authentic reading experiences and helping them develop lifelong reading skills.
In this course, you will reflect on and evaluate your own instructional practices to determine how a reader’s workshop model might enhance your teaching strategies. You will explore the reader’s workshop framework as a way to target specific skills and strategies students need to develop as readers. In addition, you will examine the concerns surrounding reader’s workshop so that you can address the challenges and limitations it might present.
Using the techniques and tools from this course, you will be able to conduct a successful reader’s workshop and help your students grow into passionate and confident readers.