I hope you have a great experience that validates what you are already doing in your own classroom - or want to do - and that you come away with a few new idea that freshen-up your approach to reading/writing workshop. Have a great day! -------------- Original message from [email protected]: --------------
> > > Thank you, Kathy, for your ideas. I have not done a school visit since my > student teaching days. I'm really excited, and looking forward to tomorrow! > Jan > > > -------------- Original message from [email protected]: -------------- > > > It's going to be very tempting to get caught up in the structures of the > classrooms - that's natural, so give yourself a few minutes to get over that. > Then pay careful attention to what the kids are doing and the language they > are > using. Jot down specific words and actions. Also look closely at what the > teacher is doing and saying, and again write that down. If you have time, be > sure to ask lots of questions about how he/she designed their reading/writing > workshop, what professional literature they read, and what they've learned > along > the way. Look at the way they've set up their classroom library and how it's > used in the classroom. Look for student ownership and self direction. Look > for > ways the teacher has become the facilitator and how they have ensured student > engagement. Ask if you can take pictures when the room is empty so you can > remember the set-up of the room and remember the kind of the anchor charts > that > > > have been created. > > > > > > Above all, enjoy seeing the other side of the fence. > > > Kathy > > > -------------- Original message from [email protected]: -------------- > > > > I am going to visit a school in another district on Tuesday to see how that > > school does reading/writing workshop. I use a bit of reading/writing > > workshop, > > > but to my knowledge no one else in my district does. > > > They do not seem familiar with different reading strategies. I think I'm > going > > > to see students and teachers using the strategies. > > > What should I look for in this other school? What kinds of questions > > > should > I > > ask? I know there will be time to talk with the literacy coach. There may > > not > > > be time to talk to the teachers or students, but if there is, what should > > > I > > ask? > > > I want to make the most of this visit because I do not think my district > will > > > arrange another visit. > > > Thanks! > > > Jan > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
