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Creating Spaces for Instruction, Dialogue & Interpretation
Welcome to the Reading Workshop NING!
Fellow Educators,
I have created this NING to provide elementary and middle school teachers with a forum for discussing issues in literacy education.
Please feel free to invite like-minded educators to join us. Each member is invited to contribute to the posted discussions and other various entries or to start discussions of their own.
The goal of this network is to support one another in our efforts to create effective instructional practices and spaces for for readers to interrogate, analyze and interpret texts and visual images. This is an interactive site, so interact!
I have created this NING to provide elementary and middle school teachers with a forum for discussing issues in literacy education.
Please feel free to invite like-minded educators to join us. Each member is invited to contribute to the posted discussions and other various entries or to start discussions of their own.
The goal of this network is to support one another in our efforts to create effective instructional practices and spaces for for readers to interrogate, analyze and interpret texts and visual images. This is an interactive site, so interact!
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Chicago - May - IRA Annual Conference
Indianapolis - June - Indiana Young Writers Conference
Dublin, Ireland - September - Ireland Association of Reading
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Happy Spring Break!
Started by Jennifer Sniadecki Mar 29.
Authors Have a Purpose? 1 Reply
Started by Jennifer Sniadecki. Last reply by Frank Serafini Apr 15.
New Technology! Please advise
Started by Jennifer Sniadecki Jan 12.
Taking Time Out 1 Reply
Started by Jennifer Sniadecki. Last reply by Rebecca Van Homan Dec 27, 2011.
Position Statement 1 Reply
Started by Lettice Pelotte. Last reply by Jennifer Sniadecki Oct 12, 2011.
It's Summertime! Time to Start Planning for School! 1 Reply
Started by Jennifer Sniadecki. Last reply by Jennifer Sniadecki Jul 17, 2011.
Planning a longer reading workshop 1 Reply
Started by Jennifer Sniadecki. Last reply by Jennifer Sniadecki Sep 2, 2011.
Author Study 5 Replies
Started by Kelly Clancy. Last reply by Kelly Clancy Mar 21, 2011.
Book Clubs are a Blast! 5 Replies
Started by Jennifer Sniadecki. Last reply by Jen Cass Feb 6, 2011.
Online Literature Discussion Boards 9 Replies
Started by Amy E. Mamerow. Last reply by Jen Cass Feb 6, 2011.
Blog Posts
Setting Expectations for Discussions
Posted by Frank Serafini on August 29, 2011 at 6:36am — 1 Comment
Back to School: Two Important Concepts
Posted by Frank Serafini on August 16, 2011 at 10:22am — 2 Comments
Assessment for What?
Posted by Frank Serafini on October 12, 2010 at 7:00am — 2 Comments
New Article: Reconceptualizing the Four Resources Model
Posted by Frank Serafini on August 25, 2010 at 7:30am — 1 Comment
New Column Editor in the Reading Teacher
Posted by Frank Serafini on August 16, 2010 at 7:05am — 4 Comments
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Rebecca Van Homan replied to Jennifer Sniadecki's discussion Taking Time Out"Happy New Year to you, too. It really is a good time to reflect where our kids are after one term with us. I am still working on how to give individual input with each child as they are learning to read... I feel guided reading is not…"
Jennifer Sniadecki replied to Lettice Pelotte's discussion Position Statement"Lettice, Thank you for sharing with us. I appreciate your utopian classroom. Students should be taught to THINK. I am working with struggling readers this year in classrooms and in small groups. They are not used to hearing the purpose of the…"
Lori Ulewicz commented on Frank Serafini's blog post Assessment for What?"Your post took me back to an article you wrote in 2006. I revisit the thoughts often. The opening paragraph stated: "Let me begin this column with an asserting; the quatlity of the classroom teacher, not the instrucitonal program, is the…"
Jennifer Sniadecki replied to Jennifer Sniadecki's discussion Planning a longer reading workshop"I look forward to discussing the Indiana mandates with you during the ISRA Fall Conference in September, Frank! See you there!"
Jennifer Sniadecki replied to Jodie Crowe's discussion Reader's Workshop in earlier grades"I don't teach the lower grades, so I probably cannot help much, but I complete decoding activities within strategy groups inside and outside of "workshop time." Some resource books I know are Word Journeys (Ganske), Small Group…"
Jennifer Sniadecki commented on Frank Serafini's blog post Setting Expectations for Discussions"Thank you, Frank, for the new year reminders of best practices of teaching. We must teach our children to talk and listen in the classroom, and have high expectations for what we see and hear. One of the interesting methods I have used in the…"
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