8. Co-Teaching
A
Marriage
of:
• 60
years
teaching
experience
• Rich
and
varied
knowledge
of
reading,
wriAng
and
language
development
• Friends
and
colleagues
• Students
benefit
from
this
cooperaAve
model
• Building
a
community
of
readers
and
writers
• It’s
Fun!
9. What
is
Readers’
Workshop?
Focus
Lesson:
• I
can
learn
how
to
become
a
beKer
reader.
Independent
Reading:
• I
can
pracAce
what
I
have
learned.
Group
Share:
• I
can
share
something
I
did
as
a
reader.
23. Our
Literacy
Goals
• Implement
Balanced
Literacy
• Understand
Readers’
Workshop
• Explicitly
Teach
Strategies
for
Reading
• Organize
Classroom
Libraries
• Align
Teaching
to
the
Common
Core
• TLA
Guide
and
Support
our
Teaching
• Build
a
Community
of
Readers
and
Writers
24. We
are
grateful
to
the
Town
of
West
Boylston
for
financing
this
professional
development!
