Why You Need a "Share Chair" In Your Reading and Writing Workshops

There might be something missing from your readers and writers workshop.

A Chair.

Oh - not just any chair.  A ‘Share Chair.’  

If you’re not using a share chair in your classroom, you’re missing out - BIG TIME.

There is so much power in this chair.

It has the power to build a positive classroom community.  It has the power to help students develop the art of accountable talk, promote student engagement — and I haven’t even mentioned the fact that it will help create stronger readers and writers (well, now I have…)

No longer does the feedback come from just you, the teacher.  Instead this approach empowers students to be the experts, to own their abilities and tap into their knowledge and skills.  A share chair is your secret weapon to getting your students to BEG to share their thinking as it related to reading and writing.  

This episode is a must-listen for any elementary teacher who wants to build student thought-leaders in your readers and writers workshops.

See the complete show notes here:  classroomnook.com/podcast/62
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LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

EPISODE 29: How to Launch Reader's Workshop in Your Classroom

EPISODE 30: How to Launch Writer's Workshop in the Upper Elementary Classroom

EPISODE 57: Accountable Talk: A Teacher's Guide to Encouraging Deeper & More Meaningful Talk Among Students