Videos

Reading and Writing Workshop

Developing Independent Learners: A Reading/Writing Workshop Approach

2 VHS tapes (30 min. each) + viewing guide

The goal of teaching is to promote independent learning so reading and writing becomes a lifelong habit. As students become better readers, they also become better writers. This workshop format provides a literacy context for building connections between the reading and writing processes. In this two-part video series, Donnie Skinner and Vicki Altland demonstrate how they implemented reading and writing workshops in two Arkansas schools.

Tape 1: Exploring Literature in Third Grade

Tape 2: Conducting Research in First Grade

Inside Reading and Writing Workshops

4 VHS tapes (20 minutes) + viewing guide

This set demonstrates how one teacher in a large class can deal with students’ different abilities as readers and writers. Reading Mini-Lessons and Writing Mini-Lessons focus on the practical issues of running a workshop, such as literary elements that affect how children choose books and the strategies that nurture successful readers and writers. Reading Conferences and Writing Conferences show how to keep a log of meetings with each student, share the teacher’s own history as a reader and a writer, and use other students’ work as models.

Tape 1: Reading Conferences

Tape 2: Writing Conferences

Tape 3: Reading Mini-Lessons

Tape 4: Writing Mini-Lessons

Write in the Middle: A workshop for Middle School Teachers

8 VHS tapes (60 minutes each) graduate credit available, check website: www.learner.org/resources/series192.html

This eight-hour professional development workshop is designed to help teachers learn effective practices and strategies to use with middle school students in writing instruction. Through classroom footage of excellent teachers modeling successful strategies and interviews with teachers, students, and nationally recognized experts about the writing process, workshop participants will learn ways to create a positive and productive writing environment for young adolescents.

Tape 1: Creating a Community of Writers

Tape 2: Making Writing Meaningful

Tape 3: Teaching Poetry

Tape 4: Teaching Persuasive Writing

Tape 5: Teaching Multigenre Writing

Tape 6: Responding to Writing, Teacher to Student

Tape 7: Responding to Writing, Peer to Peer

Tape 8: Teaching the Power of Revision

Reading Strategies Tapes 1-8

8 VHS tapes (10-17 minutes each)

This ASCD series includes eight complete lessons that illustrate current practices in the teaching of reading. A brief narrative sets the stage for each lesson and the teachers explain the strategies they are using and their rationale for using certain approaches.

Tape 1: Interactive Writing (Primary)

Tape 2: Big Book – Word Work (Primary)

Tape 3: Reading Workshop, Guided Reading (Primary)

Tape 4: Writers’ Workshop (Intermediate)

Tape 5: Concept Definition Map (High School)

Tape 6: Punctuation (Middle)

Tape 7: Reading-Writing-Discussion (Middle)

Tape 8: Reciprocal Teaching – A Variation (H. S.)

Guided Reading

The Art of Guided Reading with Cindy Cantrell. 4 videotapes (10-29 minutes each) + guide.

Recognize what guided reading looks like at each stage: early emergent, emergent, early fluent, and fluent. Discover the strategies that empower each phase of reading development.

Tape 1: The Reading Continuum

Tape 2: Early Emergent/Emergent Phase

Tape 3: Early Fluent Phase

Tape 4: Fluent Phase