Shared Reading demonstrates how expert teachers provide a scaffold for student learning by extending modelled reading to include increasing input and initiative from students.
Read Aloud/ Think Aloud explores how classroom teachers who frequently read aloud to students and demonstrate reading strategies as they go, contribute to early literacy development.
Mini-lessons explains how the featured teachers choose topics for the "time to teach " segment of their reading workshops and demonstrates their thoughtful deployment of the mini-lesson technique to focus and support students’ independent reading activity.
Small Group Instruction focuses on the role, in the development of student readers, of teacher-facilitated, small-group activity during class independent reading time.
Reflection shows the value, in every reading workshop session, of a time during which students may reflect on their practice as readers and share their achievements & challenges with their peers.
Assessment & Instruction indicates how the featured teachers integrate ongoing assessment into the routine of their reading workshops, then use it to identify student needs and adjust their practice to meet them
