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Literacy Work Stations Workshop. Successful Reading Programs. Gradual Release of Responsibility. Teacher Student More Less Teacher Control Teacher Control. Modeling. Handholding. Independence. Why Use Literacy Work Stations?.
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Gradual Release of Responsibility TeacherStudent More Less Teacher Control Teacher Control Modeling Handholding Independence
Management of Independent Work Time Quiet Independent Practice Independent reading Reading Response Active Independent Practice Literacy work stations Small groups
Please click to watch a video of a successful mini-lesson of asking questions while reading.
Management Boards • Pocket charts • Posters • Bulletin boards • Computers • Walls kyrene.org
I Can Lists! I can… • Read the news articles first. • Circle the main idea of one article. Write a summary about it. • Then use the pens to do the activities on the last page. • If you finish, choose another article to read. • Clean up when finished. Close the pen tightly. (Diler, 2005, p. 29)
Classroom Library • Reading, writing, and talking about authors • Recommending books • Responding to books • Keeping a reading log
Writing Work Station • Write a variety of things • Write a description • Author’s purpose • Expert writing • Picture books • Write summaries
Newspaper Work Station • Want ads and articles • Headlines, pictures, and articles match • Student newspapers
Word Study Work Stations • Scrabble • Sorts • Make words • Words within words • Word webs • Illustrate words • Dictionary work • Crossword puzzles • Wordy study games
Poetry • Read • Write • Perform • Copy • Illustrate • Compare • Respond to • Memorize
Drama • Guess the emotion • Working with mood • Write a script • Add motions to poems
What Should the Teacher be doing? • Assisting, guiding, and overseeing stations • Small groups
Why should I teach in Small Groups? Please click to see what Debbie Diller says about small groups.
Managing Small Groups • size of each group • number of days per week each group attends • number of minutes per day • type of lesson structure for each group • content and level of the lesson (Kosanovich, Ladinsky, Nelson, & Torgesen, n.d.)
With your group, come up with an example of a table of how you implement small groups. Come up with groups and activities.
Watch! Spotlight on Small Groups Part 1 Part 2
Evaluating Your Students • Literacy Work Stations • Checklist • Observations • Grades • Small Groups • Checklist • Observations • Assessments
How Would You Use Literacy Work Stations? Now you are going to get a chance to create your own class literacy work stations! Listen for further instructions!
References Diller, D. (2003). Literacy work station: making stations work. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers. Diller, D. (2005). Practice with purpose: literacy work stations for grades 3-6. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers. Diller, D. (November 11, 2009). Spotlight on small groups: part 1.Stenhouse Publishers. Retrieved July 20, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM_roXStSzs Diller, D. (November 11, 2009). Spotlight on small groups: part 1.Stenhouse Publishers. Retrieved July 20, 2010, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYYV-iMUA4Q&feature=related Diller, D. (July 20, 2009). Why teach small groups. Stenhouse Publishers. Retrieved July 20, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8if72ROI7ws&feature=related Kosanovich, M., Ladinsky,K., Nelson, L., & Torgesen, J.(n.d.). Differentiated reading instruction: small group alternative lesson structures for all students. Florida center for reading research. Retrieved July 15, 2010, from http://www.fcrr.org/assessment/pdf/smallgroupalternativelessonstructures.pdf Literacy work stations. (2009). Kyrene School District No. 28. Retrieved August 5, 2010, from http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/u/kyrene?q=cache:0wPUjl46jswJ:www.kyrene.org/staff/jsorge/litworkstations/Literacy%2520Work%2520Station.ppt+literacy+work+stations&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&ie=UTF-8 Maiers, A. (February 21, 2010. 1st grade mini-lesson. Retrieved July 20, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWDZqopREwg&feature=related