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About the writing workshop: While I was putting myself in the shoes of a 2nd grade students I started to think about several stories that could be a good fit for today’s task. This exercise of thinking about stories of my life quickly became a fun journey through my memory. I visited several experiences and, with them, the anchoring feelings that I have related to each one of these adventures. I forgot how fun it is to write. Thank you Aaron and everyone involved for bringing this passion back! My friends always tell me that I should write books for kids. I might bring this project’s idea back to life...

Takeaways: if this quick experience made me feel this great, I can’t wait to see our students and their amazing creations when going through the Reading and Writing workshop!,,

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One of my biggest takeways is to get acquainted with the units of study and get to manipulate the materials. I also found very inviting to have a go, pair up and get to write - it has definitely shown the power of the workshop structure. Given what I've experienced so far from the workshop structure, I'd say my main goal is to explore the physical and digital materials better.

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1- how the structure of the writing workshop is similar to the reading workshop
2- feedback was very helpful both on the minilesson  and on the model writing - your peers are your friends!
3- a next step for me will be to get into all the resources Aaron will share with us about workshops!
4- I plan to always have in mind what the outcomes are (like having the checklist when writing)
5- I’ll definitely need time and support with planning and practicing reading and writing workshops

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I am loving all the learning. I am eager to begin teaching reading and writing but still have many doubts as to how I can best meet my students needs along with my associate teacher. Since co-teaching is new to me in this kind of model I feel I still need some guidance to plan and to organize everything. Both of us want to do it right and make it happen well from the beginning. The reading and writing workshop model is truly unique. Cannot wait!

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Today I feel more confident about the structure of writing and reading workshop. I wonder which steps we could introduce in nursery and wish to discuss with our team specific goals for our grade level.
It was lovely to see everybody’s engagement on each task, as I truly believe that anything we introduce or expect from our children should make sense to ourselves and we should really enjoy it :)

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Today I was able to clarify a few points, such as, how can I use the strategies that we learned in my art lessons, what kind of partnerships can I do with other teachers or how am I going to implement the structure of a  mini lesson into my lessons. Great day!

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It is very clear to me now, how the units work and also how we can deliver mini lessons with the adjustments we would like to do. It is great to feel more comfortable and wise about the workshops... We are getting there and this is amazing!

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It was an excellent exercise to really feel how the workshop looks like with young children.

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It was great to deliver a lesson and be in the students’ shoes. With structure and planning you can fit in so much into a small amount of time and make learning meaningful and engaging. And I am sure we can adapt and start working even with the nursery =)

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Writing workshop is such an incredible way of modeling for students. The importance of this type of work gives students many opportunities to experiment and try to start with what they have and improve within time. You can focus on strengths and help them work on their weakness. Wish I had known about it before and done it with my past students.

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Making the writing steps and expectations clear to the student is as important as explaining and following the evaluation checklist. Communication and parallel feedback as well as checking along the checklist between teacher and students is essential for the learning process to be effective

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What became clearer for me today was that we will need to adapt the instructions to our reality, given that our older students have never been exposed to the R&W workshop before. My biggest take away is that the expectations are high, which is great. My intention is to master workshop teaching, I know it won’t be easy nor fast, but it will be my focus for the year. I intend to share my writing with my students in order to motivate them and to show that I am also a learner.

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The mini lesson was amazing! Thanks for the opportunity to feel how is the creation and implementation.
The writing workshop was also incredible. So many ideas and new thoughts. Write as a student was great as well. Thanks, Aaron!

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I loved to have the experience of writing as a student and being able to work with a checklist beside me. 🌟🌟😜🌟🌟😜

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Something that stood out for me is that we can do a lot in a short period of time. Ten minutes can be very productive if well planned. I also feel that the workshop experience can be very enjoyable because each person is being respected in their personal time.

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It was great to assume the student’s position and to share our stories and hear feedbacks from colleagues. This excitement I felt will surely be passed to the students when it’s their time to write thei stories.

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I would love to see more practice sessions so that we are all more comfortable adapting and personalizing the scripts.

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Both sessions were amazing! Not only we could read, discuss, plan, but most importantly deliver a lesson to our colleagues. Practice literally makes perfect!
I am looking forward to starting reader’s and writer’s workshop in my classroom.
Thank you for being so supportive and patient. You are a great coach!

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For me, the best word to define TC Reading and Writing Workshop is meaningful! It’s clear that students learn in a much more meaningful way. I’m also looking forward to using the workshop teaching model in Portuguese classes. Lastly, I would like to thank everyone involved in putting the workshop and documents together for us teachers. Everything is extremely well-planned and organized, I feel completely backed up.

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How is responsive classroom going to be relating to these workshops in a daily basis??

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It was great to see how we all got involved with each other’s writing. I hope we can create that feeling among students.

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It will be great to share my writing with my students. They can even give feedback on it. I always want my students to see me also as a learner, since I really am, and this will be a great way.

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We all know how important it is for kids to read. The workshop gave us bases of how to make them improve on reading skills.

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Today was a great day for me to be thinking about differentiation. Since my upgrade level will saptart the year with a unit from 1st grade,it really made me think about the need for assessment and observation to get to know the students and where they will be coming from. It also made me want to go do some reading into the 1st grade strategies such as building a word wall together and spelling strategies for unknown words. I’m inspired and excited to get started!

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The expectations for specific grade levels is not much more clear. Being able to actually write a model help clarify that. It was important for me to put myself in the students shoes.

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I would love to see more pre-k writers and readers workshop resources and later have a chance to sit down across the EY team and look at vertical alignment and ways to help each other prepare the kids for the next stage of workshop.

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It was great to  take part in this workshop as a sequence to the one we had before Embark started. I feel confident to start. Receiving feedback at every task is encouraging! Thank You!

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2. To  practice a minilesson  and gain more confidence in actually doing one is my biggest take away

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Get familiar with the K unit objectives both in reading and writing and strive for making preK ready for it!!

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It is great to have the Portuguese teachers with us. They can contribute a lot! It is great to see how we can work together in reading and writing no matter the language

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It has been a nice experience! We were not only listening to theories, but putting into practice. I really had the feeling of being a student.

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Are we going to get more information on the role of environmental print inside the classroom?

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1. The overall reading Workshop structure

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I have been throughrougly enjoying learning more about the reading and writting workshop, and constantly thinking of links the specialists can weave into this process the children will be going through. The teaching practice and feedback was great. Before I was a little self conscious with the idea of coleagues ans adhs coming in to classes and fiving feedback but now I am totally looking forward to that.

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My biggest take away is that Reading and Writing workshops can also work in Portuguese with we focus on the purpose.

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There is a wealth of information available on this. I look forward to giving it a go.  You presented it well
and this helped it to make sense.

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Model your writing!

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I want to find ways to apply mini lessons in my pre-k setting,

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It was really important to be in students’  position during these workshops in order to plan more effectively

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I love the challenge of connecting this workshop with the specialist lessons. There is so much to do to make learning not only more meaningful but engaging and fun!!!

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Very useful structure to develop reading and writing. I am sure our students will enjoy and learn a lot from it. It was important to feel like students.

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I'm really excited to start working with reading workshop. I believe it will be a great and amazing opportunity for students to become a better reader.

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Experiencing reading and writing workshops as a student made me realize that these processes can be not only quite interesting but also really fun!!! The check list is a useful tool to guide students and teachers!!

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I am overwhelmed by so many great resources and for all I have experienced! Can’t wait to start with the children!

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It was great to see the mini lesson flow today, and get feedback to help us adjust our approach and planning!

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For me know it’s much more clear how the Reading and Writing teaching is going to be at Avenues and I can’t wait to start and see the results in my students and in my own writing and reading.

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For me know it’s much more clear how the Reading and Writing teaching is going to be at Avenues and I can’t wait to start and see the results in my students and in my own writing and reading.

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I loved getting some practice with a minilesson, it was very helpful to have a chance to try it before without actual students. And writing through the perspective of students was also really amazing. Thank you so much!

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“Do not judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his mocassins.” Walk Two Moons

How important it was to become a student to learn what a student feels and goes through in the process of writing!

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One lingering question I still have is perhaps know a bit more in detail how the model learning labs are going to happen.

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My biggest take-away is that we can expect our students to enjoy and be engaged in reading and writing lessons if we are not engaged. It’s not  delivering a mini lesson and hope they will enjoy it. It is important that we not only express this enthusiasm for reading and writing but actually enjoy doing it ourselves! We have to fell like we are actual readers and writers!

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It was great to get time to explore the material and to practice a minilessin in small groups. I enjoyed this process. Thank you for giving us this time.

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I am a lot more confident about the mini lesson and readers workshop! I believe that with a couple of ajustments based on the students needs, the mini lessons can be and will be a sucess!

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I was so excited with my writing today. I could really feel like a child learning and sharing their work. Thanks Aaron!!

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Having the chance to try a mini lesson was amazing! I got to understand better how to use the Units as reference guides. Having feedback and watching other people do it was enriching.

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Reading workshop will be an amazing opportunity to build fantastics reading moments. I’m looking forward to get to know more details from the materials.

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Want to explore more the materials!
Can’t stop thinking how to adapt to Portuguese!
Was a great day! Thanks!

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1.  The overall structure of the reading workshop became clear to me today, as well as the main rationale behind it.
2. My biggest take away is that preparation will take time, but it will be worth it.
3. Next step is to act a class out!
4. I will start by following the script to become more confident.

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I look forward to seeing how our students will react to the workshops as well. I’m sure most of them will be first timers.

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What a minilesson is in practice, and that I loved it!!!!

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This seems well thought and I like that Marie Clay's work and even people like David Britton have been listened to in the making, I feel nervous and yet I have no right to be because it all seems in order.

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I am applying my knowledge in the demo lesson on Monday!!!!

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Lingering question: what will be the objectives taught for pre-k kids???

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It’s really clear to me how a mini-lesson is structured and what its purpose is. The biggest take-away for me is realizing that it is possible to create an environment inside the classroom that shows children that reading is fun. A next step for me is being able to go through the general guide and other materials and resources before getting started, so that I have a better idea of the big picture. A lingering question is: is there an effective and easy way to assess students levels of reading individually at the same time the rest of the class is engaged in other activities?

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I still need to learn A LOT about reading workshop and everything it entails.  My biggest take-away is understanding what the materials are for and how the books work (in general). I still need to explore the materials and the philosophy behind it and practice practice practice!
I’d like to know how this relates to other things we will be learning in class and what those other things will be - so we can make good connections with the projects and other subjects.

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It is pretty clear how much structured it is the whole stops, plans and everything else that the workshop envolves and I feel excited and overwhelmed at the same time. I have to mention how amazing it is the fact that the school is making a big effort to have all these resourceful materials available and for sure these amazing team will create great workshops from it!

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I do want to start reading my level book in order to get more familiar to the whole process as well as practise it because after all practise makes perfect!

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My biggest take away is that we have a unit goal to be followed so all will be directed towards achieving it which makes me less overwhelmed for what has to be taught

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Vocabulary and pacing need practice to become natural and automatic

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my next step would be to adapt the reading workshops for nursery and pre k

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Can’t wait to put in practice! It is an amazing way to make everyone fall in love with the art of reading!!!!!

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Greater understanding of reading goals for my grade level!

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Reading workshop is an amazing resource to inspire our kids and ourselves to read! Things are getting clearer now!

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I am overwhelmed with so much information! On the other hand we have a powerful tool to help students to be readers and writers truly engaged in the process!

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It became clear for me the importance of following all the steps for reading workshop

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Great way to learn for all of who are not familiar with reading and writing workshops.

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It became clearer to me how the whole four parts come together to make a mini lesson

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I really feel like doing workshop teaching!  Ready to practice it on Monday.

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My biggest takeaway is knowing I have so many resources to work with my students and a lot to learn. Cannot wait to start!

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A structure that works for teachers and students

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Next step: practise

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The importance of structures, setting up clear objectives for students, practicing over and over again.

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The biggest take-away for me is that we have flexibility in the way we deliver the lessons. We’ll use the reader kit to helps us plan our lessons and guide us whenever we are in doubt of what to do.

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Became clearer: what a reading workshops looks like and what each material is for
Question: how to apply some of reading/writing workshop to Nursery/PK

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How a mini lesson works!

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Today I had a better understanding of how the workshops work. It was really helpful to look through the kits and have an idea of the development throughout the year and across year groups.

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How empowering it is for children when you let them take control of their own learning

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I’m looking forward to exploring the material more thoroughly!

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Undersating that all these material are amazing references to us to think and plan our lessons, but we are free to organize our classes the best way that fits our students.

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I loved the fact that we had the chance to consolidate a bit more the steps of a minilesson!

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My biggest takeaway was how the teaching practices in this model are applicable to other classrooms. Teachers from WAM and Art were so thoughtful and reflective about the principles of workshop teaching and thinking about how to apply them in their classrooms. It was touching and inspiring. Their questions helped me inform my own thoughts and notions of workshop teaching. Truly grateful for collaborative and open-minded colleagues.

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My take away is how powerful and meaningful reading workshop is. The more I learn, the more I want to put it in to practice. Thank you