Reading Workshop Update…

Our second grade readers have been doing an amazing job of building reading stamina.  Stamina is being able to “stick” with a task for a long period of time.  They have reached an incredible milestone, being a REAL reader for 20 minutes.. YAY!

We have learned that a real reader gets started quickly, stays quiet, chooses their own space,  keeps their eyes on their books, does their reading assignment,  leaves thinking tracks about their reading and stays in the one place.

We have also learned how to put the pieces of the reading puzzle together by thinking about the book before we read and during our reading.   Focusing on the characters of a fiction text along with the problem and the solution to the story helps us “put it all together”.    This week we will be focusing on meeting with our reading partners and setting goals.  Keep up the great reading at home!