Reader's Workshop for October
In our first unit in Reader's Workshop, the 2nd Grade wass working on
building good reading habits. Students were learning how to shop in our
classroom libraries, how to follow productive routines during Reader's Workshop
and how to monitor their understanding while reading their individual books.
The purpose of this unit was to support students as they got back into reading after summer
vacation. The unit reviewed monitoring for meaning, decoding, and fluency
strategies as well as introduces some new strategies. Also, this unit
provided the opportunity for teachers to build a community of readers and set
up positive reading habits for the school year.
In October, we are moving into unit 2...
Story
Elements
Unit 2
In this 2nd unit in
Reader’s Workshop, the 2nd Grade will be working on Story Elements.
Students will be able to identify all important elements of their books.
Namely...
The
main character
Problem
Attempts
Solution/Resolution
The
students will also come to understand plot as the series of events
that give a story its meaning.
Second Grade Students will also
work on anticipating and/or predicting what
will happen in each
new scene after the problem is identified. At the end of
their books, students will be able
to differentiate the resolution from the
ending of the book and name
the lesson(s) the main character(s) learned.
Some things to work on at home:
• Have
your child name the main character and problem at the beginning of the book.
•
Once the problem is identified,
tell your child to stop when you notice a scene change (He was in the classroom
but now he is in the library.) or when time has passed. These are good
places for readers to stop and think… Why is my character here? What
might happen?
• When
your child has finished the book, they can retell their book using a 5-finger
retell.
•
Identify
the lesson learned.
•
Have
your child sketch out a scene, including who, where and what is happening.
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