Reading Workshop
“Creating a Community of Readers”
via…LUCY CAULKINS!
This is my newest FAVORITE thing!
I LOVE Lucy Caulkin’s
READING, WRITING,
&
COMPREHENSION LESSONS
If you get a chance to hear her, see her, and/or youtube her…
DO IT!
When I teach reading, I don’t want my students to stop and ask for help.
I want them to have skills to be independent readers.
I want them to be problem-solvers.
So, I am…
How to create a community of readers
How?
What do you do BEFORE reading?
Frontload any vocabulary that may change thinking, distort comprehension, or unfamiliar to them.
Take a picture walk. Cover the words.
Make them use the visual cues in the story.
Have them make predictions PRIOR to reading.
After reading, check their predictions.
When you finish reading, do something!
I LOVE this!
After reading..then what? DO SOMETHING!
Reread it for NEW information. Retell it to yourself or a friend. We use our 3 fingers retell. I love this part…DIGEST IT! Just as a good meal…when you are finished, appreciate it. Think about it.
ENJOY IT!
Read MORE!
You are NEVER done!
When you finish…read more! My kiddos love to stack ALL of their books on the left..as
they finish reading a book…place it in a pile on their right. Keep reading! Their goal is to
read more every day! STAMINA! Reading MATS are used to make goals.
Our goals are to read MORE!
Use your eyes to read…not your fingers.
We want kids to quit using their fingers to read.
Good readers use their EYES!
“SCOOP” up words (phrases) with your eyes. When reading, put 3-4 words together
and read the phrases! GREAT time to teach prepositions & prepositional phrases!
Always reread text
Always, always…reread!
You will see more, read more, and understand more when you reread a story. Read it to a partner, a
parent, a friend. The same book can sound new when you are reading it the second or third time!
Lucy Caulkins Thank You
A HUGE THANK YOU to Lucy Caulkins!
So there you are…
GET READING!
Remember…
When in doubt…
ALWAYS make it
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Great tips and information! I love the idea of having the students be independent problem solvers when reading and not always relying on the teacher for help!
This information is so useful! I can definitely incorporate your tips into my reading workshop.