Topic: Reading Minilessons

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What are reading minilessons and how do they work? Discover the reading minilesson and the benefits of teaching them in the literacy classroom.

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What are reading minilessons? Why are reading minilessons important? And what do they look like in the classroom?

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During reading minilessons, the teacher presents specific, explicit instruction to help children become independent readers for life.

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Minilessons place a strong instructional frame around independent reading.

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A reading minilesson is a concise and focused lesson on any aspect of effective reading or classroom reading work that is important for students to explicitly understand at a particular point in time.

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A: There is a suggested sequence of reading minilesson umbrellas found in chapter 8 of The Reading Minilessons Book that is intended to establish good classroom management early and work toward more sophisticated concepts across the year.

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Intentional talk refers to the language you use that is consciously directed toward the goal of instruction. When you plan for intentional talk in your interactive read-aloud and shared reading experiences, think about the meaning of the text and what your students will need to think about to fully