Guided Reading- Reading By Students
"Guided reading is the place where every child, every day, has the opportunity to learn by reading a book that is just right."
-Gay Su Pinnell
"Guided reading is the place where every child, every day, has the opportunity to learn by reading a book that is just right."
-Gay Su Pinnell
Guided reading is the heart of a balanced literacy program. It is a context in which a teacher supports each readers development of effective strategies for processing novel text at increasingly challenging levels of difficulty. The purpose of guided reading is to enable children to read for meaning at all times. The teacher guides small groups of students in development of reading strategies toward independent reading. For
guided reading, I will create small groups of students who will have similar reading achievement levels. Students read silently and independently, with the skill or strategy purpose in mind. Guided reading is not round robin reading. Groups are dynamic, flexible and change on the regular basis, because students progress at different pace. Ongoing observation and assessment help to guide instruction and to flexible grouping. I, as a teacher will support individuals and the group by matching books to readers and scaffolding the reading process. I will use clear, explicit, and scaffolded instructional moves before, during, and after reading. The whole process should be guided by specific lesson objectives that come directly from the common core state standards. For example students will learn how to ask questions as they read. It is important for the students to understand why they are working on that goal for that day. During guided reading my role shifts from one of the teacher to one of the coach. Guided Reading enables students to use and develop strategies "on the run". The kids enjoy the story because they can understand it. It is accessible to them through their own strategies supported by the teacher. During this time, I will listen to students and help them when necessary. I will ask them questions that will assist in problem solving, and promote high order thinking. I will give students a constructive feedback. Students will construct their meaning while using problem solving strategies to figure out words they don't know, deal with tricky sentence structure, and understand concepts or ideas they have not met previously on the print. The whole idea is for children to take on novel texts, read them at once with minimum support, and read many of them again and again for independence and fluency. Students not meeting in a group will be engaged in literacy stations. Rotations would be appropriate during this time. Children need to be in guided reading groups between three and five days per week. If students need additional support, I will see them five times a week.
guided reading, I will create small groups of students who will have similar reading achievement levels. Students read silently and independently, with the skill or strategy purpose in mind. Guided reading is not round robin reading. Groups are dynamic, flexible and change on the regular basis, because students progress at different pace. Ongoing observation and assessment help to guide instruction and to flexible grouping. I, as a teacher will support individuals and the group by matching books to readers and scaffolding the reading process. I will use clear, explicit, and scaffolded instructional moves before, during, and after reading. The whole process should be guided by specific lesson objectives that come directly from the common core state standards. For example students will learn how to ask questions as they read. It is important for the students to understand why they are working on that goal for that day. During guided reading my role shifts from one of the teacher to one of the coach. Guided Reading enables students to use and develop strategies "on the run". The kids enjoy the story because they can understand it. It is accessible to them through their own strategies supported by the teacher. During this time, I will listen to students and help them when necessary. I will ask them questions that will assist in problem solving, and promote high order thinking. I will give students a constructive feedback. Students will construct their meaning while using problem solving strategies to figure out words they don't know, deal with tricky sentence structure, and understand concepts or ideas they have not met previously on the print. The whole idea is for children to take on novel texts, read them at once with minimum support, and read many of them again and again for independence and fluency. Students not meeting in a group will be engaged in literacy stations. Rotations would be appropriate during this time. Children need to be in guided reading groups between three and five days per week. If students need additional support, I will see them five times a week.
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