Lesson Plan

Introducing Reader's Workshop!

This lesson plan will have students practice their reading skills and build their reading stamina. This can be used as an introduction to kindergarten reader's workshop!
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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to demonstrate the routines of reader's workshop through shared participation.

The adjustment to the whole group lesson is a modification to differentiate for children who are English learners.
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Introduction

(5 minutes)
  • Gather students to the rug.
  • Introduce the focus of today's lesson by holding up a familiar read aloud text and saying, "This is such a great story! I really love to read. When I am trying to decide what to read, I think about a few different things."
  • Ask the students to turn to a partner and share what things they think about when choosing a book to read.
  • Share out ideas and record them on the board or chart paper (e.g., cover, title, characters, long or short).
  • Explain that today you will be learning about a new classroom routine (the order or way we do a certain activity) called reader's workshop.

Beginning

  • Provide sentence frames for students to use during the turn and talk. For example, "I think about ________ when I look for a book."

Intermediate

  • Provide sentence starters for students to use during the turn and talk. For example, "I think about ____________."
  • Check that students are familiar with routines, and give examples of other routines you do in the classroom.

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2 interactive stories
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Grade
kindergarten
Subject Reading & Writing