It is time to begin, to set Reader’s Workshop into motion. The work of utmost importance, the work that unites and underlines the unit of study, Building A Reading Life, is to help students become avid and reflective readers.
The purpose of the Building A Reading Life unit is to launch a lifelong passion for reading - to empower readers with a sense of personal agency about their own reading. This unit of study, based on the work of Lucy Calkins, focuses on ownership for building their own reading life. This powerful message resonates throughout the unit of study as readers self-select books, set reading goals, monitor their comprehension and fluency, and actively discuss their reading with peers. As the conclusion of the three bends in Building A Reading Life, students will have begun to build a reading life by fashioning a literate identity for themselves.
