| The Reading Workshop: Creating Space for Readers Contributor(s): Serafini, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 0325003300 ISBN-13: 9780325003306 Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books OUR PRICE: $32.68 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2001 Annotation: "Every teacher will take to heart Frank's gentle guidance on how to create an environment where children and books intersect in the most natural of ways, and I'm positive that [this book] will give teachers the inspiration and guidance they might be searching for to create their own reader's community." - Georgia Heard With so many different approaches to teaching reading, how can you make sense of the best paths available? If you begin with Frank Serafini's "The Reading Workshop," you can be certain that each step you take will leave a lasting impression. By describing his day-to-day schedule and giving an overview of how the workshop operates over time, he provides a flexible framework you can adapt and implement to suit your needs. And by bringing his love of literature to bear on his instructional ideas, Serafini shows how you can help students learn to read so they want to. Serafini explains how various practices - literature circles, read alouds, shared reading, and strategy groups - can be incorporated into teaching and how "preplanned engagements" can blend seamlessly with "response-centered" instruction. Suggestions for setting up a classroom library and museum, selecting multicultural literature and cornerstone books, starting the literature study cycle, and creating "shoebox autobiographies," "invested student discussions," and other student projects are accompanied by helpful charts, diagrams, and visuals to help you get started and keep students involved. Throughout the book, examples and vignettes from Serafini's classroom experiences offer vivid testaments to the effectiveness of his workshop approach, even for the most reluctant readers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Language Experience Approach - Education | Elementary - Education | Professional Development |
| Dewey: 372.4 |
| LCCN: 2001016965 |
| Series: Creating Space for Readers |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 7.31" W x 9.33" (0.63 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With so many different approaches to teaching reading, how can you make sense of the best paths available? If you begin with Frank Serafinis The Reading Workshop, you can be certain that each step you take will leave a lasting impression. By describing his day-to-day schedule and giving an overview of how the workshop operates over time, he provides a flexible framework you can adapt and implement to suit your needs. And by bringing his love of literature to bear on his instructional ideas, Serafini shows how you can help students learn to read so they want to. Serafini explains how various practicesliterature circles, read alouds, shared reading, and strategy groupscan be incorporated into teaching and how preplanned engagements can blend seamlessly with response-centered instruction. Suggestions for setting up a classroom library and museum, selecting multicultural literature and cornerstone books, starting the literature study cycle, and creating shoebox autobiographies, invested student discussions, and other student projects are accompanied by helpful charts, diagrams, and visuals to help you get started and keep students involved. Throughout the book, examples and vignettes from Serafinis classroom experiences offer vivid testaments to the effectiveness of his workshop approach, even for the most reluctant readers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Serafini, Frank: - Frank Serafini is the author of the Heinemann title Classroom Reading Assessment. He is a leading voice on the reading workshop, whether the topic is implementation, planning, assessment, or comprehension. His passion for the workshop has helped tens of thousands of teachers find more effective and professionally satisfying teaching through Heinemann professional books such as Around the Reading Workshop in 180 Days, Lessons in Comprehension, and The Reading Workshop and his newest book released in late 2015, Reading Workshop 2.0. Frank is a Professor of Literacy Education at Arizona State University and he brings his ideas, experiences, and deep understanding of reading instruction to teachers around the country as a member of Heinemann Professional Development Services. |