Fostering a love of reading to transform your good readers into GREAT ones!

1. Don’t Bug Me! I’m
Reading!
Fostering a love of reading to
transform your good readers
into GREAT ones!
By Becky Johnson

2. Why Do You Teach Reading?
• For kids to become successful
• For information gathering
• For kids to love it

3. The Reading Zone
Have I ever been in the “Zone”?
How can I create the “Zone” in my classroom?

4. What is Reader’s Workshop?

5. The First 20 Days
Are The Most
Important!

6. Establishing A
Community of Readers
Fountas and Pinnell detail
the first 20 days in their
complete guide to a reader’s
and writer’s workshop. (See
handout)

7. The Top 10 School
Conditions That Make
Engaged Reading Possible
(Nancy Atwell)

8. #1 – Booktalks and Mini Lessons
•Create a rating system
•1-10
•5 stars
•(10 Spot)
•Kids booktalk the last 5 minutes of each
workshop (only on books they rated
a 10)
•When YOU are excited
about reading, the kids will
be too

11. #2 – A Big, Diverse
Classroom Library

12. #3 - Quiet, Daily
In-class Time To
Read
Create specific reader’s
workshop rules, and stick
to them.

14. #4 – Individuals’ Free
Choice of Books, Authors
and Genres
•The “never” speech
•Range of 5-15 pages each night
for September and October
•Ready for a green light?
•Kids eventually set weekly
goals
•Every second book of the same
genre, switch it up

15. #5 – Recommendations
of Books By Teachers
and Friends
Special Bookshelf
“The 10 Spot”
What are YOU reading?

16. #6 – Comfort During
In-class Reading Time
#7 – Students’ Blog
to Teachers and
Friends
http://kidblog.org/home.php

18. #8 – Individuals’ Conversations
With Their Teacher About Their
Reading

20. #9 – Individuals’ Lists of
Books They Want To Read
Someday
We use the last page
in our Reading
notebooks to keep
our someday list.

21. #10 – Last, But Not
Least, Homework
Reading of At Least
30 Minutes Each
Night

22. Two Weeks At a Glance
Monday “A” Week – Teach comprehension strategy whole
group, Check SOC
Tuesday “A” Week –Whole class lesson using Basal reading
story- read and work with comp. strategy with that story. 10 mins. of
reading time, check SOC
Wednesday “A” Week – Whole class/individual work on
strategy. 15-20 mins of reading time. Check SOC (last 5 mins.
Kids can booktalk and add to “10 Spot.”)
Thursday “A” Week
Kids either begin comp. strategy with novels or
continue with leveled books. Check SOC
Friday “A” Week
Work with leveled books or novels. Check SOC

23. “B” Week
Monday “B” Week – Optional teacher booktalks, vocabulary
lesson, reteach “A” week comprehension lesson as needed. Check
SOC
Tuesday “B” Week – Booktalks, - Begin checking kids grasp of
comprehension strategy in small group format. Kids are reading while I am
meeting with groups. Check SOC
Wednesday “B” Week – Continue to meet with small groups on
comprehension skill. Reading time provided. Check SOC
Thursday “B” Week
Reading time provided. Check SOC
Friday “B” Week –
Finish meeting with all kids. Give end of unit reading
test and go over results with class. Check SOC

24. Questions???