TeachingMinilessonstoSupportThinking,Talking,andWriting
aboutReadingIreneFountas
SummerLiteracyInstituteCenterforReadingRecoveryandLiteracyCollaborative
PrimarySessionJuly17,2018
Day2
VideoObservation
uWhatistheteachertryingtodo?
uWhy?
uWhatarethechildrenlearning?
ReadingasaComplexProcess
ReadingMinilessonsandtheLiteracyContinuum
OralandVisualCommunicationContinuum
IRAandLiteratureDiscussionContinuum
SharedandPerformanceReadingContinuum
Phonics,SpellingandWordStudy
WritingaboutReadingContinuum
ManagementMinilessons
LiteraryAnalysisMinilessons
StrategiesandSkillsMinilessons
WritingaboutReadingMinilessons
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ADesignforLiteracyInstruction
ReadingMinilessonsWithinaMultitext ApproachtoLiteracyLearning
© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
MakingLearningVisibleThroughMinilessons
© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Whatisatextset?
“Agroupoffictionornonfictionoracombinationoffictionandnonfictiontextsthat,takentogether,supportathemeorexemplifyagenre.Studentswillhavepreviouslyheardallthetextsreferencedinaminilessonandhadopportunitiestomakeconnectionsbetweenthem.”
© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Whatisareadingminilesson?
“Aconciseandfocusedlessononanyaspectofeffectivereadingorclassroomreadingworkthatisimportantforchildrentoexplicitlyunderstandataparticularpointintime.Itisanopportunitytobuildonallofthechildren’sliteracyexperiences,makeoneimportantunderstandingvisible,andholdthechildrenaccountableforapplyingitconsistentlyinreading.”
© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
FourTypesofReadingMinilessons
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© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
FourTypesofReadingMinilessons1. Management
Includesroutinesthatareessentialtothesmoothfunctioningoftheclassroomcommunityandeachstudent’sself-regulationandcollaborationwithothers.
2. LiteraryAnalysisBuildchildren’sawarenessofthecharacteristicsandelementsoffictionandnonfictiontexts.
3. StrategiesandSkillsMostteachingrelatedtoprocessingtextswilltakeplacewithsharedandguidedreadinglessons.Reinforcebroadprinciplesforprocessingtextsthatreadersneedtostrengthen.
4. WritingAboutReadingLessonsintroducethereader’snotebookandhelpstudentsusethistoolforreflectingonanddocumentingtheirreadinglifefortheyear.
© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
ManagementMinilessonsu GradesK-1
• ASimpleSystem:4ActivitiesaDayOR
• UsingCentersandaWorkboard
u Grades2
• ASimpleSystem:4ActivitiesaDayOR
• IndependentReadingandWritingaboutReading
LiteraryAnalysis:Fictionu Generalu Genreu MessagesandThemesu Settingu Plotu Charactersu StyleandLanguageu Vocabularyu Illustrationsu BookandPrintFeatures
LiteraryAnalysis:Nonfictionu Generalu Genreu Organizationu Topicu MessagesandMainIdeasu StyleandLanguageu Vocabularyu Accuracyu Illustrations/Graphsu BookandPrintFeatures
GenreStudiesandAuthor/IllustrationStudies:Inquiry-basedLearningStepsintheGenreStudyProcess1. Collect(IRA)
2. Immerse(IRA,SR,BC)
3. Study4. Define
5. Teach6. Readandrevise
StepsintheAuthor/IllustrationProcess1. Gatherandreadbooks.
2. Quicktour
3. Analyzeandrecordnoticings4. Readmoreandcompare
MentorTextAfictionornonfictiontextthatoffersaclearexampleoftheprincipletowardswhichtheminilessonisdirected.Studentswillhavepreviouslyheardanddiscussedthetext.
© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
StrategiesandSkills
WritingaboutReadingMinilessonsTypesofWritingaboutReadingu SharedWritingu InteractiveWritingu IndependentWriting
*WARminilessonscanbetaughtconsecutivelyasanumbrellaorpairedwithliteraryanalysislessons.
UmbrellaAgroupofminilessons,allofwhicharedirectedatdifferentaspectsofthesamelargerunderstanding.
© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
What are reading minilesson umbrellas?
© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
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PrincipleAconcisestatementoftheunderstandingthatstudentswillneedtolearnandapply.
© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
STRUCTUREOFAREADINGMINILESSON
1.Minilesson: Engagechildreninaninquiry-basedlessonthatpropelsthinkingandunderstandingoftheminilessonprinciple.
HaveaTry:Invitechildrentoapplythenewthinkingfromtheminilessonwithapartnerorindividually.
2.Summarize&Apply:Summarizethelearningandguidechildrentoapplywhattheyhavelearnedtotheirindependentreadingorwritingaboutreading.
3.Share:Bringchildrentogethertosharetheirlearning.
© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
AnchorChartAvisualrepresentationofthelessonconcept,usingacombinationofwordsandimages.Itisconstructedbytheteacherandstudentstosummarizethelearningandisusedasareferencetoolbythestudents.
© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
AnchorCharts
uCo-constructedduringtheminilessonuSimple,clear,andorganizeduColorfuluPrincipleatthetopuSummarizedattheendofthelesson
© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
u Whole-groupinstructionbasedonstudentneed.
u Fourtypes:Management;LiteraryAnalysis;StrategiesandSkills;andWritingAboutReading.
u Individualminilessonsareorganizedunderanumbrella.
u InteractiveRead-AloudandSharedReadingtextsserveasmentortextsandasexamplesforgeneralizingtheprinciple.
u Duringreadingminilessons,theteacherengageschildreninaninquiry-basedlessonsotheycanconstructanimportantunderstanding.
u Theteacherconstructsananchorchartwithstudentinput.
u Studentspracticeandapplytheprincipleduringindependentreading.
ReadingMinilessonsAtaGlance
