Reader's Workshop

Here is just a little update on what we are working on in Reader's Workshop! We continue to work hard in our unit on deepening our comprehension around the characters in our fictional books. The students are learning to pay attention to what the character says, to make inferences about the characters, to notice strong feelings and when those feelings change, and now to think like directors! We are working hard to read several books about specific characters and then joining with partners that are also reading about those characters to discuss and reenact parts from the books, trying to speak and act like the characters would. One partner is the actor and one is the director, working together to discuss and share thoughts about how the character might act/sound/feel in certain parts. The students are really loving this time! Ask your child which characters they are reading about in Reader's Workshop! We are also taking some time to really learn about what it means to infer while reading. We recently read a poem together and stopped at different points to make inferences about what happened. Here are a few pictures of the poem and the children working hard with their clipboards and thinksheets to do some inferring. They did a great job!