[MOSAIC] reader's workshop begin

[Kinderjane at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/8/2007 1:18:10 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
Betsy.Turner at hallco.org writes:

beginning a reader's workshop


We started our Reader's Workshop for the first time today.  (Kindergarten).  
Last week each child picked three trade books (to look at  and study) and 
three leveled books at their independent level (low ones have ABC  books).  They 
put them in their own large thick baggies.  Today, I  gave them each their 
baggies and assigned them a place to read.  They only  read for two minutes today. 
 I hope to increase by a minute a day until we  get to ???? (I learned that 
in The Daily Five). 
I have usedt things I learned in  Reading with Meaning,  Growing Readers, but 
what helped me the most was More Than Guided  Reading by Kathy Mere.  Today 
was great!  Keep your fingers  crossed that this continues.  Jane in SC   :-)