READERS WORKSHOP/WRITERS WORKSHOP VIDEOS

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READERS WORKSHOP

Readaloud
Myers reads "Strega Nona" (Tomie de Paola) and alerts students to be looking for text-to-text connections.
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Guided reading group re-reads a book, Myers does a running record for a student, and then the whole group reads a new book.
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Writers Workshop

Writers' Workshop Introduction (Mini-Lesson)
Myers describes turning previously noted items into a "notebook entry"
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While the kids are doing their independent writing, I want to be with the kids, one on one. The conversations that I have with them—they love it, and often I have the same prompt over time, I sit next to them and I say, “Tell me what you’re working on today as a writer?” and they are very specific. But that comes also with the language that I use with them. I always, I have high expectations for them, for the kids. So if they say, “I’m writing.” That’s not acceptable. I say, “You need to tell me what are you working on right now, specifically.”

Writer's Conference
Myers has a writer's conference during writer's workshop.
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