Readers' Workshop

During Readers' Workshop our class is working on choosing successful reading spots around the room, choosing books that are "Good Fits" for them, and building stamina reading quietly for a little bit longer each day! Today I introduced the class to the Kids A-Z reading program so that they can begin using that as well. Once a week on their sharing day kids will get to use their A-Z accounts during silent reading time. This way they will have four days a week reading in their books and one day a week reading with their A-Z account.

I want to let you know A-Z Kids is available for reading at home as well! This is especially helpful if your child is reluctant to read at home or if you have trouble finding books that are good fits for them. A-Z not only provides a collection of books at students good fit reading level but is also exciting and motivates kids to read. Kids earn starts for each book read that they can then cash in to "buy" parts for customizing their own robot or rocket ship within the A-Z program.

We explored the program today as a class and the kids started trying it out at reading time. Give it a try at home as well! The more good fit books the students read the better they will get at reading. Click the "Reading A-Z" tab at the top of this blog for directions and a link to your child's account.