In Community With Readers

"e;Whole-class reading instruction has the power to harness the collective knowledge of the reading community that will foster independent readers and thinkers as they move through their literate lives."e;What is the true purpose of whole-group reading instruction? Is it possible to teach standards and skills while also creating a community in which students are free to bring their whole selves into the work of reading? And how do we make this vision an everyday reality in our grades 3-6 classrooms? Elementary educators Lynsey Burkins and Franki Sibberson answer these questions and more in In Community With Readers: Transforming Reading Instruction with Read-Alouds and Minilessons. Burkins and Sibberson invite us into their classrooms as they redesign read-alouds and minilessons to support readers in whole-group reading instruction. Inside this book you'll find:* Ideas for co-creating a community aligned to standards and grounded in readers' identity, independence, and agency* A day-by-day look into what read-alouds and minilessons look like across a reading unit* Practical and meaningful routines for helping students co-construct an understanding of the standards, the books they read, and one another's ideas* Planning and note-taking templates designed to center both the standards we teach and the ideas our students bring to these standards* An illustrated step-by-step guide to the first eight weeks of whole-group reading instructionIn this book, Burkins and Sibberson push back on the idea that whole-group reading instruction must be teacher-centered skill and drill, and instead offer us a way to create a truly meaningful whole-group reading community.