Mini Reading Lessons - Fast Prep

 

We have a new series of reading mini-lesson resources that nestle under a structure called Read-Talk-Chart. We want to help you seize the moments after you read to your class to discuss and chart your students' responses to the text. This can be during guided or shared reading. 

Young students can struggle to provide or write a quality response to text, but by guiding a collaborative response on a chart - you can scaffold that development and model how to structure, organize and detail it.

We have a growing collection of these mini lessons. They are practical, engaging and can be used with any text! 

Use them flexibly 

• take the overall concept and create your own lesson
• use the chart design/scaffold and enlarge it on chart paper - scribe a collaborative response
• combine all elements for a full experience - read, prompt, chart and ask students to write independently as well. 

Each lesson printable pack includes an idea for discussion, prompt stick, chart design and student work page!

Here you can see some ideas generated from our new lesson, Surprise Me, recorded on the mini-chart printable page.

Transferring the design to chart paper however, gives students more opportunity to engage - it feels more collaborative and you can display it on your wall for the week to revisit and re-read. Revisiting and reflecting back to prior lessons can be a fast way to build deep connections with content and learning. 

From this lesson, an easy logical next step would be to have your students elaborate their idea into more detail in a dedicated writing lesson. They could write a draft of a more structured story ending, particularly if you are teaching 2-3rd grade. This mini-lesson experience will  provide a solid background and deeper connection with the text when your learners attempt their independent writing. 

If you would like to include this mini lesson idea into your overall reading and writing program you can find more details over on the website.