Balanced Literacy and
Differentiation: Another Look At
Reading Workshop
INSTRUCTOR(S): Lisa Hietpas, Victor
Haen Elementary School, Kaukauna, WI
GRADE LEVEL: K-2
SUBJECT: Language Arts, Reading,
Writing
Are you looking for a balanced
literacy approach that will help all
of your readers find success?
Reading Workshop will help you
maximize your students' reading
skills. This systematic
approach will help you to develop a
month-by-month approach to meeting
your readers' needs. The
Reading Workshop will focus on
Reading with Meaning by Debbie
Miller and The Art of Teaching
Reading by Lucy Calkins. Units
of study will include: creating a
culture and climate for reading,
comprehension and understanding
(think alouds, schema, connections,
mental images, inferring, asking
questions, and synthesizing),
decoding, digging deeper into
non-fiction, fluency, etc. You
will learn how to write
mini-lessons, work with guided
reading/strategy groups, conference
with readers, and assess reading
comprehension. You will be
actively involved in creating
reading materials and plan to launch
a Reading Workshop in your
classroom. Director assistance
will be offered to develop other
units if your launching unit is
done! This workshop will help
your students become thoughtful,
independent, and strategic readers
in an authentic way.
This course will "connect" with the
Writing Workshop course to maximize
your learning and that of your
students!
Wisconsin State Teacher Standards
Addressed: 1-10
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards
Addressed: Reading/Literature A;
Writing B; Oral Language C; Language
D
