Hello, I am looking for some guidance on teaching mini-lessons - mostly b/c my mini's are actually maxi's... I found a book that somewhat breaks down the structure of a mini- lesson, but it also says to read a picture book, now when that happens we are looking at about a 40 minute lesson (NOT MINI)! Is the mini the amount of time you spend teaching, practice with a book not included??? How do you keep your lessons in check? A run down would really be helpful - if you have a lesson already typed out that you could email me that would also be really helpful :-) So is there a place for shared reading in a mini? Or even a read aloud? A reading coach once told me that the mini lesson came after a whole group shared experience (I teach 3rd) however that seems like way too much to teach a whole lesson and then do another one even if it is a mini... I also had a question concerning the Comprehension Toolkit: those are really long lessons even if you use different text - to make them shorter I have tried breaking the components down so that one lesson lasts a few days - is that then considered a mini lesson? Right now I teach about 30 minutes and then students have up to an hour for independent reading while I confer or pull groups. 30 minutes seems too long and I would like to be more time effective so I try to a structure like Daily 5. My district allows us a 30 minute reading block.
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks Rosa 3rd grade _______________________________________________ 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.
