Components of
Kindergarten Reading Block
Reading Workshop
Word Work
Shared Reading
Interactive Read Alouds
Read Alouds
Components of Reading
Workshop
Mini-Lesson
(5 – 7 minutes)
Independent Reading (5-10
minutes)
Partner Reading
(10
minutes)
Look Books
(10
minutes)
Share
(1 – 5 minutes)
Reading Workshop’s
Awesomeness
 One specific strategy is taught
each day
 Readers get to practice each day
 Developmentally appropriate
 Differentiated
 Mimics real life reading
 Time to meet with small groups,
September December
Look Books
Emergent
Story Books
(aka STAR
books)
Shared
Reading
&
Interactive
Writings
Songs &
Poms
September Reading
Block...
Morning
Message
MiniLesson
Back to
Back
Hip-Hip
September Reading
Block...
Share
Letter of
the day
Shared
Reading
Word
Work
September
Week
by
Week
What the teacher is doing
What the students are
doing
Week One
Teaching: We love reading!
Table conferences, observation
assessment
Moving from rug to table,
Choosing books
Week Two
Teaching importance of time by self
and time with friends
Back to Back and Hip to Hip
Week Three
Teaching: Growing Books
Looking more deeply at books - finding
Starting to meet 1:1 with students briefly letters and numbers, following story
Week Four
Teaching: Book sense
Noticing how much longer students are
reading
Growing stamina, feeling more
connected with their reading buddy
October
Week
by
Week
What the teacher is doing
What the students are
doing
Week One
Teaching ways to read the story
and two kinds of reading
Reading Star books!
Reading Look books!
Week Two
Teaching how to think about books
and study books
Reading each page, studying it,
noticing new things
Weeks Three & Four
Inventing fun things to do with books
Acting, using voice...
September:
Exploring the exciting
world
of books and poems
Emphasis on
Teaches
Routines

The ‘workshop’
Loving Books

How to choose books we
are engaged with
Concepts of Print 
“Growing Books”
Front/Back, Letters, Words, L-R
 Reading the pictures
October: Star Books
Emphasis on
Teaches
Story telling
 Paying attention to pictures
Story sequencing
 Noticing and remembering
what happens in a story
What happens in
structures
story books
 Familiarity with story
“Buddy” Work
 How to talk about books
Beginning to notice
letters/words on page  Sight words/letters studied
November: Super Readers
Emphasis on
Teaches
Reading shared reading
patterned text

Following a
Interactive writings
help

Using pictures for
Actually reading!

1 : 1 correspondence

Reading (L-R) and
return sweep (T-B)
December: Shared Reading &
Songs
Emphasis on
Teaches
Pushing students towards
reading
trickier books
 Conventional
Making books come alive
storytelling, voice
 Fluency,
Noticing all the parts
sounds,
of their book
 Connecting letters–
covers-insides, etc.
January - June
January
We are
Readers!
February:
Patterns
March:
Tricky
Words
April:
Characters
May:
Book
Clubs &
NonFiction
June:
Goals
January: Readers have lots of strategies
to
figure out words and are eager
Emphasis on
Teaches
Just Right Books
 Students can be independent readers
! : ! matching
 Builds confidence from where they are
Using the pictures  Everyone reads what is just right for
them
to solve tricky words
Sight Words
 To put all these strategies we’ve been
learning together and read!
Patterns
New Library: Leveled Books for all Readers!
February: Readers are story Detectives who
use
the patterns in our books to figure out our stories.
Teaches
Emphasis on
Finding patterns
 Prediction as part of reading
Paying attention to
the book’s pattern
 Retell / Comprehension
Using the pattern
to tackle tricky words
 Print work
Looking for objects
or action on page
 Use picture cues to read
unknown text
Reading again and again  Fluency
March: Readers are brave and resourceful when
we encounter hard words and tricky parts of our books.
Teaches
Emphasis on
Notice the tricks
strategies

Being flexible with
Modeling solving
tricky words
Rereading
part/new/character
Showing your partner 

Favorite
Connecting
April: Readers get to know the
characters in their books.
Emphasis on
Teaches
Paying attention to  Inference,
connections
the characters
Paying attention to  Envisioning
the illustrations
Acting out
May: Readers learn information
about
the world through our books.
Teaches
Emphasis on
Study different topics 
Books have information/teach
us
Partners share info
differently
Looking at book first
What am I learning?
New & exciting things!
learn

We can see things



Prediction
Synthesis
Excitement of reading to
June: Readers learn information
about
the world through our books.
Teaches
Emphasis on
Recognizing reading
between
as a gift

Unleveled books

Fluency & expression

Appreciation for reading
Making connections
books and people
 Outside of school
“survival”