Onboarding Activity 5
Topic: Guide to Reading Workshop (k-2): Chapter 7: Architecture of Mini Lesson Activity & Discussion Questions: ● Discuss the parts of a mini lesson. ● Select one mini lesson from one unit and practice delivering it to yourself or each other. What do you notice about the mini lesson? ● Read this teaching point: (from If..Then book Unit: Readers get to know characters by performing their books ) ○ Teaching Point: “Today I want to teach you that readers often put themselves in the characters’ shoes to imagine what they are thinking, and what they would say. They can role-play with a partner to make the characters talk and think.” Use this teaching point to create mini lesson: ○ Connection: ○ Teaching Point: ○ Teaching: ○ Active Engagement: ○ Link: Outcome: Understanding the rationale behind the mini lesson structure . Be able to model a mini lesson and to create a mini lesson when