Let's talk about the gradual release model...
First... What do you all do to help move students toward independence in
strategy instruction?
Second... How do you help colleagues understand what this looks like and why it
is important?
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Mosaic mailin
Mena,
As a reading teacher I've done more reading workshop than writing workshop, but
my understanding of the primary difference between the "mini-lesson" and the
"traditional lesson" is the scope. Mini-lessons are very specific and focus
on one small piece of the picture, for example. visual
Briefly, the workshop model uses the idea of Balanced Literacy in which
there is a release of work and change of responsibility from the teacher to
the student through a series of stages. (I do, we do, you do). The
traditional method is more of a lecture followed by independent work.
Does anyone know how Lucy Calkins views her mini lesson as comparedto the
traditional formal lesson plan format? For those of you who have probably more
knowledge than I do of the Reading and Writing Workshop approach, I am trying
to teach a mini lesson format by comparing/contrasting this forma
