The Workshop Model (MCLB #5)

What makes the workshop model an inclusive pedagogy?

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Let's dive into Mr. Garcia's classroom for a greater understanding!

Read-aloud
Minilesson- Reading Comprehension
Independent reading/Small group activities
Self-Evaluation
Whole-Group debrief 

1 book presented in many ways!! 

"Mr. Garcia's organized approach to time and space in his classroom enables him to immerse his students in print while providing frequent, intensive, explicit, and individualized support and direction as determined by routine assessment of his students' literacy development" (Dudley-Marling & Paugh 2004).  

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PIVOTAL PAUSING 

“Pivotal Pausing” is a strategy whereby teachers freeze a video at important moments in the lesson. This helps the teacher to prioritize important events in a lesson. 

Rick's Reading Workshop: Complete Lesson

2 PIVOTAL moments include...

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1. At 2:13, Rick explains the word "beam" as he's reading. Instead of using words, he asks the students to express with their face what "beams" would look like. All of the students proudly raise their head with a big smile on their face, thus expressing in their own way the meaning of the word. This is evident of inclusive literacy because it is a unique way to define a vocabulary word without using words. 

2.   At 4 minutes, Rick uses silent reading  time to individually work with each student and tailor his instruction according to the  students' individual needs.  For one student he was focusing on  the speed of reading and allowing him to follow  his finger  as  he was reading aloud. For another student he was discussing the themes of the story. This is a perfect example of inclusive literacy because his instruction was unique for each student. 

Does the workshop model fit into Kliewer’s Triadic Literate Profile and Literate Citizenship? 

Define Literate Citizenship: "supported in an imaginative fashion within the written dimensions of school" (Kliewer, 2008). 

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Define Triadic Literate Profile: "Literate citizenship within the community is a dynamic manifestation of a child's literate profile that interactively includes..."

1. The visual, orthographic, and tactile symbol and sign systems within which narratives are caught, fixed, and interpreted, or conveyed.

2. The narratives created by children through which meaning is constructed.

3. A child's symbolic presence (Kliewer, 2008).

ALL OF WHICH FIT INTO THE WORKSHOP MODEL, WHICH ALLOWS FOR VARIOUS INSTRUCTION ON ONE TOPIC. Being a literate citizen includes imagination, which the workshop model enforces. A child's literate profile incorporates literacy in tactile ways, children narratives, and symbolism, evidently embracing DIVERSE LEARNING STYLES!

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Let's look at the little boy I babysit for as an example. He is a thirteen year old happy, outgoing, selfless, beautiful boy who is blind and was born with special needs. He embodies ALL of the characteristics of a literate citizen. He uses his imagination for pretend play, incorporates literacy in his own tactile ways (through music and coloring), and sees the good in every situation. The absence of vision does not hinder his ability to see the world in his own unique way.  

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