Launching+Reader's+Workshop

= LAUNCHING READER'S WORKSHOP = FOUR DAYS OF LAUNCHING WITH THE SAME LEARNING TARGET. THE REAL GOAL HERE IS FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FROM ONE CENTER TO THE NEXT IN AN ORDERLY AND QUIET WAY. STUDENTS SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO WORK WITHOUT INTERRUPTING A TEACHER. ALL TEACHERS SHOULD TAKE INFORMAL NOTES ON HOW STUDENTS ARE DOING. WE SHOULD GIVE QUICK FEEDBACK TO STUDENTS ON HOW THEY DID.

__** LEARNING TARGET: **__ I can move from one center to the next in a quiet and responsible way.

In second grade we will have one hour everyday dedicated to Reader's Workshop. During this time we will talk about books, get better at reading more fluently, learn more vocabulary and meet in small reading groups with a teacher.
 * __CONNECT:__**

The most important thing happening during Reader's Workshop is Guided Reading groups. It's a special time where a teacher gets to sit with you and help you and your friends become better readers. It is so important that during Guided Reading groups the teacher can hear the students she is working with and that the students can hear the teacher and the other readers in the group. For this reason it is so important that people work independently during Reader's Workshop. If you are working in a group during Reader's Workshop and you are not in a Guided Reading group your job is to be quiet as a mouse and not disturb any teachers.
 * __OPENER:__**

Today you are going to travel to three different centers. When the music plays you will travel to the next center. You also have a schedule that lets you know which center you will be moving to. There is a sign on each table to let you know what the center is called.
 * __TEACH:__**

Everyday we are going to talk about one of the centers as a group.

Day 1: Gooey Boards Day 2: Listening Center Day 3: Buddy Reading Day 4: Boom

Students will go to three centers a day. It will be the same centers every day. A teacher will meet students at each center to let them know what they have to do.
 * __PLAN:__**
 * **//Listening Centers (Annie)//**
 * //Listening Center Number One (B-G Group)//
 * //Listening Center Number Two (I-N Group)//
 * **//Boom (Xing)//**
 * //Two centers for Boom//
 * //**Gooey Board**// **(Jess)**
 * //with assigned sight words/high frequency words//


 * Although these are the centers you should support when available there will be times when you might have to support another center instead. Be flexible to make it work and bare with me as this is a pain to organize!


 * __MATERIALS__**


 * Student Schedules [|Guided Reading.doc]
 * Signs and anchor charts
 * listening center books, CDs and mats
 * Boom sticks
 * Gooey boards and pens
 * Computer with remote control to play transition songs (with the transition songs prepped)


 * **LISTENING CENTER**
 * This is a silent center
 * Wrap up the headphones slowly and carefully
 * The person who rolls the highest number on the dice gets to press the buttons on the Listening Center. This person is in charge of the center.
 * Read along with the text as you listen to the story
 * Concentrate on listening and reading only during this center
 * Pass the help card to the student in charge of the center if you are having a problem so they can pause the listening center.


 * **BOOM**
 * This is a whispering center
 * The checker is in charge of checking to make sure everyone is reading the words correctly in Boom
 * When you get BOOM everyone has to put their sticks back
 * If nobody has any sticks and you pick a BOOM then you get to go again
 * Do not look when you pick a stick out of the cup
 * Lay your stick on your desk if you get the word right
 * If you read the word correctly then you get to keep the BOOM stick


 * **GOOEY BOARDS**
 * copy each of your sight words three times
 * press lightly on the special pens (the words come out darker this way)
 * never use any other tool on the gooey boards
 * light rub your hand over the board to erase the word
 * put all your materials back where you found them
 * if you finish early then you can read your independent reading books


 * Please note that I have not included Buddy Reading on this list as I would like to meet as a team to have some consistency on how we are going to do this. I am finding the PALS system very difficult.