>From Leslie: Does The Workshop Book focus on reading and/or writing? We are just finishing Mentor Texts in our study group. We did Notebook Know-How earlier this year and we all really got some good info from it. We are contemplating The Next Step in Guided Reading, but I'd like to hear what you have to say about TWB.
YES!! It does focus on writing - and reading. The book has an interesting format - one that is different from others. The first chapter starts out with a working definition of the workshop model. Each chapter after that is devoted to one teacher/classroom/lesson per chapter. The grade levels run from 1st through 8th. It's not as much of a "how to" book, although it does show you specifics of what that particular teacher in that particular chapter did during their literacy block. If you look it up on Amazon you can actually see some excerpts from the book - I think what I'm saying here will become clearer. It's different - but very worthwhile! Carrie _______________________________________________ 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.
