The Reading Apprenticeship approach is based on a unique framework of four interacting dimensions of learning that support both academic and social-emotional learning: Social, Personal, Cognitive, and Knowledge-Building.

These four dimensions are integrated into subject-area teaching and developed through Metacognitive Conversation that explores students’ thinking processes. Students think and talk about how they learn as well as what they learn. This collaborative work takes place within the context of Extensive Reading — increased in-class opportunities for students to practice reading in more skillful ways.

This PDF consists of two pages, with two versions of the framework: one that is filled in, and one that is blank for student use.

Chapter 2 of Reading for Understanding, “The Reading Apprenticeship Framework,” describes how the basis of the Reading Apprenticeship approach to teaching reading in subject-area classes is grounded in our view of learning as a social-cognitive interactive process. Download and read this chapter or view a summary of the framework here for more information.

Teachers can use this snapshot of a Reading Apprenticeship classroom as a reflection tool, for lesson planning, and with colleagues for peer observations. It can also serve as a guide for administrators’ classroom walk-throughs.

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