Literacy Work Stations Workshop

Successful Reading Successful Reading ProgramsPrograms

Gradual Release of Gradual Release of ResponsibilityResponsibility

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Why Use Literacy Work Why Use Literacy Work Stations?Stations?

What is Literacy Work What is Literacy Work Stations?Stations?

Literacy Work Stations Verses Literacy Work Stations Verses Traditional CentersTraditional Centers

Management of Independent Management of Independent Work Time Work Time

Quiet Independent Practice

Independent readingReading Response

Active Independent Practice

Literacy work stationsSmall groups

Management Management

Please click to watch a video of a successful mini-lesson of

asking questions while reading.

Management BoardsManagement Boards

• Pocket charts

• Posters

• Bulletin boards

• Computers

• Wallskyrene.org

Frequently Asked QuestionsFrequently Asked Questions

Answers!Answers!

I Can Lists!I Can Lists!

I can…Read the news articles first.Circle the main idea of one article. Write a

summary about it.Then use the pens to do the activities on the last

page.If you finish, choose another article to read.Clean up when finished. Close the pen tightly.

(Diler, 2005, p. 29)

Classroom LibraryClassroom Library

• Reading, writing, and talking about authors

• Recommending books

• Responding to books

• Keeping a reading log

Writing Work StationWriting Work Station Write a variety of things

Write a description

Author’s purpose

Expert writing

Picture books

Write summaries

Easy to Set up Work Easy to Set up Work StationsStations

Newspaper Work StationNewspaper Work Station

Want ads and articles

Headlines, pictures, and articles match

Student newspapers

Word Study Work StationsWord Study Work Stations

• Scrabble• Sorts• Make words• Words within words• Word webs• Illustrate words• Dictionary work• Crossword puzzles• Wordy study

games

PoetryPoetry

• Read• Write• Perform • Copy• Illustrate• Compare• Respond to• Memorize

Drama Drama

• Guess the emotion

• Working with mood

• Write a script

• Add motions to poems

Differentiated ActivitiesDifferentiated Activities

What Should the Teacher be What Should the Teacher be doing?doing?

Assisting, guiding, and overseeing stations

Small groups

Why should I teach in Small Why should I teach in Small Groups?Groups?

Please click to see what Debbie Diller says about small groups.

Managing Small GroupsManaging Small Groups• size of each group• number of days per week

each group attends• number of minutes per

day • type of lesson structure

for each group• content and level of the

lesson

(Kosanovich, Ladinsky, Nelson, & Torgesen, n.d.)

Organizing Small GroupsOrganizing Small GroupsMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Group Stars, Circles Diamonds Stars Diamonds Circles

Activity Leveled readers

Leveled readers

Syllable patterns

High frequency words

Mystery word

Notes

With your group, come up with With your group, come up with an example of a table of how an example of a table of how you implement small groups. you implement small groups.

Come up with groups and Come up with groups and activities. activities.

Watch!Watch!

Spotlight on Small Groups

Part 1

Part 2

Putting it All TogetherPutting it All Together

Evaluating Your StudentsEvaluating Your Students

• Literacy Work StationsChecklistObservationsGrades

• Small GroupsChecklistObservationsAssessments

How Would You Use Literacy Work Stations?

Now you are going to get a chance to create your own class literacy work

stations! Listen for further instructions!

ReferencesDiller, D. (2003). Literacy work station: making stations work. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers.Diller, D. (2005). Practice with purpose: literacy work stations for grades 3-6. Portland, Maine:

Stenhouse Publishers. Diller, D. (November 11, 2009). Spotlight on small groups: part 1. Stenhouse Publishers. Retrieved July

20, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM_roXStSzsDiller, D. (November 11, 2009). Spotlight on small groups: part 1. Stenhouse Publishers. Retrieved July

20, 2010, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYYV-iMUA4Q&feature=relatedDiller, D. (July 20, 2009). Why teach small groups. Stenhouse Publishers. Retrieved July 20, 2010, from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8if72ROI7ws&feature=relatedKosanovich, M., Ladinsky,K., Nelson, L., & Torgesen, J.(n.d.). Differentiated reading instruction: small

group alternative lesson structures for all students. Florida center for reading research. Retrieved July 15, 2010, from http://www.fcrr.org/assessment/pdf/smallgroupalternativelessonstructures.pdf

Literacy work stations. (2009). Kyrene School District No. 28. Retrieved August 5, 2010, from http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/u/kyrene?q=cache:0wPUjl46jswJ:www.kyrene.org/staff/jsorge/litworkstations/Literacy%2520Work%2520Station.ppt+literacy+work+stations&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&ie=UTF-8

Maiers, A. (February 21, 2010. 1st grade mini-lesson. Retrieved July 20, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWDZqopREwg&feature=related