Re: Is/Can 4 blocks be considered Reader's Workshop?

Then have the kids practice (guided practice) using either
the small text or different texts, but you are guiding their
thinking. This is their comprehension lesson right?

Then move the kids into independent practice. Sometimes the
kids read a book you give them (you pull a small group and
read with a group). Sometimes the children are reading
independently the books they picked by themselves
independently. The teacher individually confers with the
students about the skill/strategy taught that day.

This is blending SSR / GR together so you would/could make
reading workshop work for your district.

Writing Workshop no changes
Minilesson
confer with students while they write
Sharing

Words Block - some schools call this their skills blocks
instead.

On 8/27/08, jab wrote:
> In our meetings yesterday we were told that the district
> would like us to be switching over to using the workshop
> model for reading. Since I've been preparing my 4 blocks
> program all summer (school has been more or less the
> Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading model for years) I now
> have to look further into this. My question is, so I don't
> feel foolish approaching my literacy coach, am I right that
> the SSR and Guided Reading portions of 4 Blocks are like
> workshops? It seems to me that, as with writer's workshop,
> SSR begins with a mini lesson or introduction to particular
> books and set the children to task working to try to
> incorporate that skill/method/genre/etc. and close the
> session with a share of positive examples by certain
> students. Also as with writer's workshop, the teacher is
> conferencing with individual students along the way. Can
> you tell me how this might be different from what one calls
> Reader's Workshop?
>
> TIA, jab