The Millions of Ways We Teach Reading and Writing

I feel like throughout my education I have used methods including: Writers Workshop, Readers Workshop, Literature Focus Units, Thematic Units or Literature Circles as a means for learning to read, write. I like that all these methods are structured routine-like ways of teaching and require students to think critically and have a nice progression of tasks. For example, Writers Workshops allow constant exposure to writing and the writing process on a daily basis and is an organized effective way of reaching these goals. My positive feelings about all these methods definitely out weigh the negatives, but if I had to pick a negative it would definitely be that the methods are harder to adapt the younger the child. For instance, kindergarteners may not be at the developmental level to handle something like a literature circle and it would take great modification to the point of easily moving away from the goals of the literature circles.