The Reading Workshop,9780325003306

The Reading Workshop

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ISBN13: 9780325003306
ISBN10: 0325003300
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-07-13
Publisher(s): HEINEMANN
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Summary

Serafini shows how you can help students learn to read so they want to.

Author Biography

FRANK SERAFINI has worked as an elementary school teacher, staff developer, and advocate for public education in Arizona for the past eleven years. After completing his Doctorate in Reading Education at Arizona State University where he taught Literacy Education courses, Frank has moved to Las Vegas and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, where he teaches courses in Children's Literature, Reading Education and Literacy Research. Frank's new book from Heinemann, entitled The Reading Workshop: Creating Space for Readers, offers novice and experienced teachers practical advice for implementing a literature-based approach to reading in their intermediate grade classrooms. Frank has been a frequent speaker at national and international conferences on such topics as Children's Literature in the Elementary Curriculum, Classroom-Based Assessment, Balanced Reading Frameworks, Using Literature in the Writing Workshop, Promoting Refl

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Inside the Reading Workshop: A Typical Day
1(8)
What Just Happened?
4(3)
Reflections
7(2)
Why Do I Do What I Do?
9(8)
Theoretical Understandings
10(1)
Guiding Principles
11(2)
Five Curricular Components
13(2)
Reflections
15(1)
Further Readings
16(1)
Creating a Space for Readers
17(23)
Creating a Community of Readers
19(5)
The Physical Dimensions of the Learning Environment
24(4)
The Classroom Library
28(5)
Other Shared Experiences
33(2)
Reflections
35(2)
Further Readings
37(3)
Inside the Reading Workshop: A Typical Focus Unit
40(15)
A Typical Focus Unit: Fictional Narrative
41(11)
Reflections
52(3)
Invitations: Bringing Children and Literature Together
55(13)
Reading Aloud with Children
56(1)
Strategies for Reading Aloud
57(2)
Why Picture Books?
59(2)
Access, Time, and Choices
61(2)
Selecting Literature
63(2)
Multicultural Considerations
65(2)
Reflections
67(1)
Further Readings
67(1)
Explorations: Coming to Know Literature
68(19)
Invested Discussions
69(1)
Strategies to Promote Invested Discussions
70(2)
Asking Questions
72(1)
Charting
73(2)
Elements of Literature
75(5)
Fostering Connections Using Focus Units
80(2)
Cornerstone Books
82(3)
Reflections
85(1)
Further Readings
86(1)
Investigations: Digging Deeper into Literature
87(19)
Setting the Stage for Literature Study Groups
88(2)
Getting Started
90(4)
Selecting Literature for Lit Studies
94(3)
Creating Lit Study Groups
97(1)
The Lit Study Cycle
98(3)
The Lit Study Discussions
101(1)
Role of the Teacher
102(1)
Presentations and Celebrations
103(1)
Reflections
104(1)
Further Readings
105(1)
Instruction: Facilitating Children's Development as Readers
106(11)
Approaches to Reading Instruction
106(3)
What Strategies Do We Teach?
109(4)
What Resources Do We Use?
113(1)
How Do We Group for Strategy Instruction?
114(1)
How Do We Teach These Strategies?
115(1)
Reflections
116(1)
Further Readings
116(1)
Evaluations: Coming to Know Children as Readers
117(18)
Record Keeping
119(1)
Observational Records
120(2)
Checklists
122(4)
Literature Response Logs
126(3)
Weekly Reading Conferences
129(1)
Retellings
130(1)
Oral Reading Assessments
130(1)
Reflective Notebooks
131(3)
Reflections
134(1)
Further Readings
134(1)
Finding Our Path
135(3)
Professional References 138(2)
Index 140

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