Templates for reading classroom set up
- 1. Classroom Schedule Template: Use the following example and/or other hand-outs to plan your reading schedule: Amount of Time Grouping Types of Activities 10-15 minutes Whole group Mini-Lesson 15 minutes Individual Self-selected reading/journaling 10-15 minutes Whole group Mini-lesson 30 minutes Small groups Guided reading Read to Self Word work Read to Partner Write about Reading 10-15 minutes Whole group Mini-lesson 30 minutes Literacy Centers or Literature Circles or Guided Reading Conferring Read to Self Read to Partner Word Work Listen to Reading Discussions Guided Reading Amount of Time Grouping Type of Activity
- 2. Classroom Set-up Template: Plan your classroom set-up by answering the following questions: 1. Where will your desk go? 2. Where will you run your guided reading groups? 3. Where will you have your meeting area and do whole class mini-lessons? Do you have an area large enough for your class to sit on the floor close to you? 4. Where will you place your anchor charts? 5. Where will your bulletin boards for reading be? 6. Where will your word study boards be? 7. Where will students get their materials (paper, reading folders, writing utensils, markers, highlighters, etc.? 8. Where will you conference with individual or pairs of students? 9. Where will you place your leveled library? 10. Where will students keep their book bags? 11. Where will the listening center be? 12. Where will students write? 13. Where will students work on word study? 14. Where will students utilize technology? 15. Does your classroom have good traffic flow? 16. Other?
- 3. Classroom Routines and Procedures Template: Refer to your classroom set-up to determine the following: 1. How will you get your student’s attention? 2. How will you model for your students to gather at the meeting area and what behavior expectations do you have for your students while there? 3. How will you model for your students where to acquire their materials? 4. How will you model for your students their expectations for silent reading? 5. How will you model for your students their expectations for partner reading? 6. How will you model for your students their expectations for listening to reading? 7. How will you model for your students their expectations for shared reading? 8. How will you model for your students their expectations for mini-lessons? 9. How will you model for your students their expectations for word study? 10. How will you model for your students how to stop what they are doing and come to the meeting area? 11. How will you dismiss students from the meeting area? 12. How will you partner students? 13. How will you model for your students to use anchor charts in the room? 14. How will you model for students the consequences for not following established routines and procedures? 15. Other?