Reading Workshop
Writing Workshop
Word Study
Shared Reading
Interactive Read Aloud
100
At least 4 times
How many times per week should reading workshop be happening?
100
At least 4 times
How many times per week should writing workshop be happening?
100
At least 4 times a week
How much time per week should be spent on Word Study.
100
3 - 5 times
How many times per week Shared Reading should be happening.
100
At least 2 - 3 times
How many times per week should interactive read aloud be happening in a balanced literacy classroom?
200
A quick 10 minute lesson at the beginning of Reading Workshop that has a connection, teaching point, active engagement and a link.
What is a minilesson
200
After the minilesson, these are two other opportunities teachers have to teach the whole class.
What are the mid-workshop interruption (or mid-workshop teaching point) and the share?
200
15 - 30 minutes
How much time should be spent on whole class word study per day?
200
Grade level text
What is the appropriate level of text for a shared reading?
200
At or above grade level
What is an appropriate text for interactive read alouds?
300
The time when students are reading books at their independent level
What is independent reading?
300
Narrative, Information and Opinion
What are the three types of writing?
300
The primary resource OUSD is using for word study.
What is the OCR Green Section?
300
One copy of the text per student, enlarged on a poster or projected.
How is text shared during shared reading?
300
The teacher
Who is doing the reading?
400
A time for the teacher to talk one-on-one with a student about their progress as readers
What is a conference? or What is conferring?
400
Two things a teacher might be doing while students are independently writing
What are conferences and small group strategy lessons?
400
Two other times in the balanced literacy day when students can practice and apply what they learn during Word Study.
What is Reading and Writing Workshop or what is independent reading and writing?
400
Science or social studies
What content areas can shared reading be integrated into?
400
During an interactive read aloud a teacher stops to talk about what they are thinking about as they read
What is a think-aloud
500
A group of students meet with teacher to read a book at their instructional level.
What is guided reading?
500
The time at the end of Writing Workshop to celebrate writing successes or reinforce teaching points
What is a Share?
500
Where you can find Word Study objectives in the California Common Core State Standards
What are the Foundational Skills? or What are the Language Standards?
500
Choral or popcorn
What are two ways of reading the text during shared reading?
500
Students turn and talk with a partner about the text
What is accountable talk?