Reading Workshop: Unit 2-Learning About The World-Reading Nonfiction...Bend 1

On our first day of our new unit, readers in Room 103 realized that we can use everything we learned in our first unit, Readers Build Good Habits. We took a good look at the anchor chart from this unit and made sure we would carry those habits into our new unit.

Readers are currently listening to a mini-lesson at the beginning of reading workshop and going off to try out what I teach independently. Our important work is with our partners...day after day. I make my way around the room to confer. After about 15 minutes, I give a quick mid-workshop lesson and readers read independently.  On the first day during our mid-workshop share, we reviewed everything we reviewed everything partners do. Take a look at our google slides. They help to support our work.

After approximately 15 minutes of independent reading, each reader thought about something they learned. We are becoming "super-smart" about what we read.

Mini-lessons include:

Getting Started as a Nonfiction Reader

Students use what they already know about sneak peaks to help them learn about new topics.

Studying One Page Can Teach So Much

Students learn how to linger on one page and use the pictures to find more details and information that accompany the text. I model how readers slow down and name what they see before they turn the page.

Readers Learn More by Chatting about What's Happening

Students learn how to bring the information on a page to life.  They use the images on the page or in their heads to imagine what is happening just before and right after the part they are reading. This inferential thinking will help students learn more from the text.

Readers Reread to Make Sure They Understand Their Books

When readers finish a book, they should try to remember the whole book, not just individual parts. Students learn to reread to put the parts of their book together.

Working on Fluency, Including Stress and Intonation

When readers are trying to understand and recall information from books, it helps to read with expression, making their voices smooth and lively.

A Celebration of Learning

Students will celebrate their new knowledge with classmates by talking about what they have learned from their books.

How can you help at home? Encourage your reader to discuss pictures and texts with you when reading. Dig deeper! Ask "What are you thinking?" Share your thinking! Model how to think and talk about a page in a non-fiction text. The readers in Room 103 love to share their thinking!