Reading Workshop - The First 30 Days (for K-2)

If you are a K-2 teacher, then this is the resource for you. I have included 30 reading lessons for introducing the reading workshop to your students. Lessons are written to include an introduction, guided practice and finally independent practice. Here is a list of the lessons provided:

Lesson 1: What is Readers Workshop?

Lesson 2: Intro to Buddy & Ind. Reading

Lesson 3: What Do Good Readers Look Like?

Lesson 4: Readers Have Books that are Special

Lesson 5: Getting Help in Readers Workshop

Lesson 6: What Does RW Sound Like?

Lesson 7: What Does RW Look Like?

Lesson 8: What Does RW Feel Like?

Lesson 9: Readers Have Reminders

Lesson 10: Introducing the Reading Folder

Lesson 11: Choosing a Spot & Moving Quietly

Lesson 12: Buddy Reading Behaviors

Lesson 13: Strong Readers Re-read Books

Lesson 14: Partners Take Turns Making Decisions

Lesson 15: The Classroom Library

Lesson 16: Readers Use Cues to Make Predictions

Lesson 17: Goldilocks Rule: Too Hard!

Lesson 18: Goldilocks Rule: Too Easy!

Lesson 19: Goldilocks Rule: Just Right!

Lesson 20: Readers Choose Books Carefully

Lesson 21: Readers Use All of Their Tools

Lesson 22: Strategy - Sounds + Pictures

Lesson 23: Strategy - Skip it and Go On

Lesson 24: Strategy - Go Back & Re-read

Lesson 25: Strategy - Look for Little Words/Chunks

Lesson 26: Strategy - What Would Make Sense?

Lesson 27: Readers Can Ask for Help

Lesson 28: Fluency Sounds Like Talking

Lesson 29: Fluency - Readers Use Punctuation

Lesson 30: Teacher Expectations for RW

These lessons will get your readers workshop off to a great start in kinder through second grade.

xoxo - Reading Girl