Reading Instructional Model

• The Readers workshop model supports the teaching of reading through a consistent approach.  It scaffolds the teaching of reading through core teaching practices including:

Modelled Reading, Shared Reading, Guided Reading, Literature Circles, Close Reading, Language Experience, Reciprocal Reading.

• PLTs and the leadership team will determine the appropriate selection of teacher practices based on the needs of their students as well as the teacher's knowledge and understanding of these practices.

Writing Instructional Model

Writing Workshop Model

Effective writing draws upon a repertoire of practices and resources that allow learners, as they engage in reading and writing activities, to:

• encode written and visual texts - Text encoder
• compose meaning in written and visual texts - Text participant 
• compose written and visual texts for social purposes - Text user
• construct underlying beliefs, views, values and to position the reader viewer - Text analyst

In the composition of considered pieces of writing that we intend others to read, this writing process usually takes the form of:

Writing Instructional Model

Focus

Are used as inspiration to plan and record their thinking to decide what message they want to convey and how. The teacher refers to the learning intention and success criteria and unpacks the language they will need to be successful.

Explicit Instruction

Are short and focused for approximately 10 minutes. The teacher seeks to inspire and instruct the students as writers. The explicit teaching might focus on something the students are struggling with, or introduce strategies that the students can employ in their own writing.  During the explicit teaching the teacher connects the day’s teaching to the ongoing work that the students have been doing and they explain the Learning Intention and Success Criteria. Students can use their writer’s notebook as a guide for inspiration. The teacher model for the students, by writing in the text type the students will be writing in. The teacher explicitly teaches the 6 plus one traits and guides the students through their thinking as an author.

Small Group Instruction/Independent/collaborative work

Students work independently on their written pieces.  Different structures and supports are in place to ensure students get support from their teacher or peers.  The teacher confers with individuals and small groups to learn more about the students and to provide appropriate guidance. The teacher might gather small groups of 4-6 students who have a similar need and provide additional structure and support.

Reflection of the learning

Share drafts, comment on each other’s strengths, advise on areas that could be clearer or more powerfully conveyed or offer strategies for overcoming difficulties. The teacher and students refer back to the learning intention and success criteria