Mini Lessons
Mini-lessons
are short focused lessons about workshop procedures, specific reading strategies,
or literary skills.
Here is a list of some possible mini-lessons:
- rules of readers' workshop
- how to choose a book
- how to conference with the teacher
- giving a book talk
- difference between fiction and non-fiction books
- points of view
- elements of fiction
- connecting reading material to your life
- figuring out unknown words
- making predictions
- reading at different speeds
- how to share your book with others
- foreshadowing
- similes and metaphors
- noticing the dedication
- how characters are described
Rules For Mini-Lessons:
- should be short (no longer than 10-12 mins.)
- should be meaningful to students
- can be with individual student, small groups, or entire class
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