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Small Group Guided Reading

Small Group Guided Reading. Strategies To Strengthen All Students’ Reading Skills.

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Small Group Guided Reading

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  1. Small Group Guided Reading Strategies To Strengthen All Students’ Reading Skills

  2. “In any guided reading session, the teacher needs to know what knowledge and understanding each child will bring to the reading and what supports or assistance will be necessary to ensure that the students can read the text successfully. Margaret Mooney

  3. What is this thing called “Guided Reading” ? • What I know…… • What I wonder?

  4. Do you have any proficient readers in your class? Who? How do you know he/she is a proficient reader? Name some things proficient readers do when they read. 4. Name some things struggling readers do when they are reading. 5. What does a proficient reader need for instruction? A struggling reader? Thinking About Our Readers

  5. Optimal Learning Model

  6. Components of A Comprehensive Reading Program • Read Aloud and Discussion • Shared Reading • Guided Reading • Independent Reading • Participation in Text Discussion Groups

  7. Optimal Learning Model

  8. How Does this Fit into Four Blocks?

  9. Components of A Comprehensive Reading Program Guided reading is most successful when it is one component of a comprehensive reading program. Watch the tape and think about the conditions that maximize guided reading success.

  10. Assessments That InformInstruction and Grouping • What are you currently using to assess your students’ literacy growth and learning needs? -Informal Observations -Anecdotal Notes -Checklists -Running Records/BRI -TAKS

  11. Materials For Small GroupGuided Reading Leveled Texts Look at the texts from different levels. What do you notice about the characteristics of the different levels? Think about your campus and the resources that are available. Chapter 14, Guiding Readers and Writers, Fountas and Pinnell

  12. What are the other kids doing? Brainstorm with your group meaningful activities for the “rest of the class”. • Response journals • Literacy Stations • Literature Study

  13. Watching Guided Reading At Work As you watch the video, observe how the different parts of the lesson combine to strengthen students’ reading skills. Lesson Introduction Guiding Students’ Reading Lesson Close

  14. Read, Reflect and Discuss Guided Reading in the Intermediate Grades: Questions and Answers “Guided Reading”, an article from The California Reader

  15. Introducing The Lesson • Read “The Lesson Introduction” • View the “Lesson Introduction” • Reflect on the content

  16. Activity: Introducing The Lesson Before planning the introduction… • Choose a reading skill/strategy • Choose a leveled text

  17. Activity: Introducing The Lesson Prepare a lesson introduction • Read the text • Design an introduction that will -support successful reading -introduce the reading/skill focus for the lesson • Jot notes in the introduction section of The Guided Reading Lesson Plan

  18. Read View Reflect Guiding Students’ Reading The Heart of the Guided Reading Lesson

  19. Activity:Guiding Students’ Reading You need: Text and the Guided Reading Lesson Plan You will work on: • Directions to students • Teaching behaviors

  20. Activity:Guiding Students’ Reading Use your Guided Reading Lesson Plan to write notes in the section, “Reading the Text.” Discuss with your group, how the teacher would • Listen in on student’s reading • Work on the lesson focus • Spot-check comprehension • Address immediate reading needs

  21. Extending Students’ Thinking After Reading The Lesson Close Watch the tape and reflect on the content.

  22. Activity: Extending Students’ Thinking After Reading You need: Text and Guided Reading Lesson Plan • Create a lesson close • Jot notes in section, “Closing Strategy Work, Discussion Questions” (optional, “Follow Up Assignments”) • Discuss with your group.

  23. The BIG IDEAS of Guided Reading List the Important points about guided reading Discuss in your groups

  24. The BIG IDEAS of Guided Reading • Meets the needs of individual students in a small group setting • Gives students regular opportunities to practice/apply reading strategies to instructional level text • Balances planned instruction with on- the spot coaching

  25. The BIG IDEAS of Guided Reading • Maintains a focus on teaching strategies • Challenges students to think about their reading • Gives experiences across the genres • Grouping is flexible

  26. “The aim of guided reading is to develop independent readers who question, consider alternatives, and make informed choices as they seek meaning.” Margaret Mooney

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