Launching+a+Reader's+Workshop

Cultivating a love of reading ranks high on every teacher's priority list. This page will be home to a growing collection of resources and links that you may use as you launch and lead your own reading workshop. Please consider adding your own work to this space so that others may learn from you.

Enjoy! Angela Stockman [|WNY Education Associates] stockmanangela@gmail.com

=Providing Students Access to Great Books:= Building a Classroom Library Without Breaking Your Budget: [|17 Ways to Get Free Books] [|FullBooks.Com]Thousands of Free Ebooks! [|National Classroom Donation Programs]

[|Read-Alike Sites] Help Keep Kids Reading

Book Swaps and Hunts: [|BookCrossing] [|PaperBackSwap] [|BookMooch]

Please check out this blog post by Angela Maiers: [|Free Books!] =Providing Consistent Time to Read:= [|Summer Reading Lists Around the Web] [|NEA Summer Reading Suggestions] [|D.E.A.R.] = = =Strategies for Helping Them Make Good Choices as Readers:= [|Jennifer Myers on Setting Norms and Rituals] [|Jennifer Myers Opens the Door on Her Workshop](includes GREAT video demos) [|Jennifer Myers Recommended Touchstone Texts] [|Teaching Readers About the Goldilock's Rule]

[|Goodreads] and [|Shelfari] are both social networking sites that allow kids to create their own bookshelves, write reviews, and read those submitted by others. = = =Progress Monitoring Resources:= Weekly Class Progress Log Books Vs. Televison Progres Log

=Resources for Instruction, Discussion, and Conferencing:=

From [|Steve Peha:] [|Read Like a Writer] [|What Can You Say About a Book?]

=Other Fantastic Links to Visit:= [|Mrs. McGowan's Class] [|readersworkshop.org]