100 Minutes: Making Every Minute Count in the Literacy Block

About this book

It is possible to create a literacy block where teachers meet with students for guided reading and writing conferences and provide daily explicit instruction in both reading and writing. A comprehensive look at literacy and learning 100 Minutes shows teachers how to fit balanced literacy into a daily 100-minute literacy block using a framework of whole-class instruction and writing sessions combined with independent work. It also offers strategies for dealing with the important elements of literacy instruction including sharing and conferencing; using exemplars; creating success criteria; providing effective feedback; building in rich tasks higher-level thinking open-ended questions and collaborative learning opportunities; and thinking critically and analytically about all kinds of texts.