My reading workshop actually lasts for exactly an hour each day, so you can definitely still run a reading workshop even with your team teaching schedule.
My daily reading workshop schedule is as follows:
Mini-lesson: 10-15 minutes
Independent Reading: 35-45 minutes
Closing: 5-10 minutes
Perhaps you can use the basal texts as your read-aloud stories instead of having the students read from the basal during reading workshop. It is likely that the basal text is not even a "just right" text for your entire class. I found that the basal stories were often too hard for many readers and too easy for others. If you use the basal stories for your read aloud, this will give your students valuable time to read self-selected texts (at their independent level) during your reading workshop.
You also asked about the literacy center files on my website. Unfortunately, they can only be opened using Print Shop since that is the program I used to create them. I'm sorry about that!
Good luck implementing a reading workshop in your classroom. It is certainly an awesome way to teach reading!
Leen Ann,
My reading workshop actually lasts for exactly an hour each day, so you can definitely still run a reading workshop even with your team teaching schedule.
My daily reading workshop schedule is as follows:
Mini-lesson: 10-15 minutes
Independent Reading: 35-45 minutes
Closing: 5-10 minutes
Perhaps you can use the basal texts as your read-aloud stories instead of having the students read from the basal during reading workshop. It is likely that the basal text is not even a "just right" text for your entire class. I found that the basal stories were often too hard for many readers and too easy for others. If you use the basal stories for your read aloud, this will give your students valuable time to read self-selected texts (at their independent level) during your reading workshop.
You also asked about the literacy center files on my website. Unfortunately, they can only be opened using Print Shop since that is the program I used to create them. I'm sorry about that!
Good luck implementing a reading workshop in your classroom. It is certainly an awesome way to teach reading!
-Beth