This one is not about a particular student reading experience or encounter but about PLANNING AND MAPPING OUT the kinds of strategy and skill experiences you know your readers will need across the school year.

It’s important to be thoughtful and intentional when planning literacy instruction. You don’t want to get caught every week in that “what am I going to teach next?” cycle. Build the big picture of how you will develop and foster your readers’ needs across the school year.

What you'll gain from this episode...

• How to set up a template (outline) for a curriculum year calendar


• Step by step walk through completing a year plan in literacy instruction


• Long term planning considerations for Read Aloud


• Long term planning considerations for Shared Reading


• Long term planning considerations for Readers’ Workshop


• Long term planning considerations for Writers’ Workshop


• Long term planning considerations for Word Work/Word Study


• Long term planning considerations for Social Studies as an extension of literacy instruction

Picture of long term planning, Then & Now, click this link and scroll down

Self-guided mini course for long term planning your reading instruction, How to Plan Readers’ Workshop To Ignite Your Readers All Year Long

A collection of 100+ minilessons that are ready to go, Reading Workshop Minilesson Bundle for Building Readers

To read more about planning literacy instruction visit the Literacy Treasures Blog

Grab the mini course 5 Steps to Crafting Minilessons That Will Ignite & Engage Your Readers inside the Literacy Treasures FREE Resource Library

Here at Literacy Treasures, I LOVE to talk about reading and writing and share with teachers all that I've learned about what it takes to build strong readers and writers. I have immersed myself in the research of Lucy Calkins, Jennifer Serravallo, Stephanie Harvey, Debbie Miller, Carl Anderson, Gay Su Pinnell, Irene Fountas and so many others.  Every resource, strategy, tool, minilesson and teaching tip that is shared on Literacy Treasures is rooted in this research.

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