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The workshop as a whole fit into the writing and reading workshop portion of a balanced literacy workshop component. It was validating, inspiring and doable from the prespetive of a teacher who would already have too much on their plate and be trying to figure out how to integrate the key CCSS components of this area! Thank you!

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The workshop as a whole fit into the writing and reading workshop portion of a balanced literacy workshop component. It was validating, inspiring and doable from the prespetive of a teacher who would already have too much on their plate and be trying to figure out how to integrate the key CCSS components of this area! Thank you!

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The workshop provides opportunities for students to practice and refine their skills in reading and writing.  The mini lesson, work time, and debrief are all integral parts of the learning process for students.

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Workshops:  Making Balanced Literacy both Relevant and Rigorous

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Workshops:  Making Balanced Literacy both Relevant and Rigorous

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The workshop gives participants a fresh look at balanced literacy from so many perspectives.  Participants see the work as a learner and as a teacher.

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How Workshop fits into Balanced Literacy

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How Workshop fits into Balanced Literacy

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Students and teacher engages in intensive conferring on different topics in reading and writing. The workshop includes mini-lessons and activities that help provide students support in reading and writing. It is a shared (balanced)
responsibility that supports students in both reading and writing.

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The workshop provides direction aligned specifically to a targeted skill for students. Workshop helps in building capacity for personalized student learning. It helps teachers balance effective literacy instruction that empowers to reflect upon their own learning and skills collaboratively

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Workshop is an important piece of the puzzle that helps teachers balance all the components of an effective literacy classroom. When the puzzle pieces all fit, we see a picture of teachers and students working together as a community of learners.

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Workshop is an important piece of the puzzle that helps teachers balance all the components of an effective literacy classroom. When the puzzle pieces all fit, we see a picture of teachers and students working together as a community of learners.

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Characteristics of balanced literacy include teacher in facilitator role, minilessons for reading, writing, and word study, and a balance of small group, whole group and independent learning. Workshops encompass all of these characteristics combined

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Workshop is an impactful way to partner with students in learning and making thoughtful choices about how to support each student to become a better, more skillful reader and writer.

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Readers and writers workshop is valuable time spent with students and teachers will need to schedule their workshops to fit into their school day. Readers workshop could be daily if teachers can find 30
Minutes outside of the literacy block. If not they could use shared reading time 2-3 timers per week, before they start guided reading. Each district, school, and classroom has different schedules and mandates expectations. Writers workshops could be daily, or 2-3 times per week, also. Once our fab consultants show them the power of reading and writing Workshops they will find the time!