Our first unit in Reader's
Workshop focuses on building good reading habits. Some goals for this unit include:
• Students learning and using the rules and routines established
for our classroom libraries and for workshop time so that everyone gets lots of
time and space to read books this year.
• Students learning to effectively preview a book to name their
main character and anticipate what might happen in the story.
• Students using multiple strategies to solve tricky words.
• Students reading fluently and with expression.
• Students learning to retell their books alone and with a
partner.
• Students deliberately choosing different reasons to reread the
books in their library baggies.