EWalker

Chapters seven and eight of Revisiting The Reading Workshop  focuses on independent reading and different types of assessment that can be used in reading workshops. One thing I thought was very interesting is that it said to share your passion for reading with your students. I agree that it is important that they know how much their teacher enjoys to read and that reading can be fun! It also gave different ideas for reading such as partner reading and flexible groups. It gives ways to confer with a student and get their imput on the books they read such as writing responses. Chapter eight focused on ways to assess a reader and see how much they have accomplished. It is important to make sure each student has a book that is on their reading level. I use our library leveled readers for this. There are many ways to assess readers such as running records and observation checklists. I give my students an oral reading test weekly so I can keep up with their progress. I think these chapters gave a lot of examples that I can use to help better assess readers.