Guided Reading
What is Guided Reading?
“Guided reading is a teaching approach designed to help individual students learn how to process a variety of increasingly challenging texts with understanding and fluency.”
-Fountas and Pinnell
Benefits of Guided Reading
Students:
Benefits of Guided Reading
Students:
and a love for reading
in action
Guided Reading
a closer look
Let’s take
Literacy
Block
Components
How do you fit it all in?
Jan Richardson
Literacy Block Example
Whole Group Minilesson
15-20 Minutes Daily
Read Aloud/Comprehension/Shared Reading
Small Groups: Guided Reading (30-45 min)
Reading Stations
Whole Group Word study
2-3 times/week
Whole Group Writing Lesson
15-20 Minutes Daily
Read-Aloud/Comprehension/Shared Reading
Small Groups
Guided Writing (15-30 min)
Independent Writing
15-30 minutes daily
45 Minute Class
Reading Stations
OR
Independent Writing
(30 minutes)
Warm Up: Word study/Target Skill
5 min
Small Groups
Guided Writing
OR
Guided Reading
(30 min)
Whole Group Minilesson
10 Minutes Daily
Reading: Read Aloud/Comprehension/Shared Reading
Writing: Modeling/Mentor Text/Shared Writing
Assessment
&
Running Records
Getting Started
Assessment
When to Assess
Running Records
What are they?
reads a book that is slightly above
his/her level
Source: Fountas & Pinnell
Running Records
How do I interpret it?
Levels A-K Accuracy Rate | |
95-100% | Independent |
90-94% | Instructional |
Below 90% | Frustrational |
Levels L-N Accuracy Rate | |
98-100% | Independent |
95-97% | Instructional |
Below 95% | Frustrational |
Source: Fountas & Pinnell
shared reading
small group
read to self
Running Records
How do I interpret it?
Meaning
Did the error make sense in context?
Structural
Did the error sound right?
Visual
Did the error look similar?
puppy
My dog likes to play ball.
loves
My dog likes to play ball.
licks
My dog likes to play ball.
Source: Fountas & Pinnell
Running Records: Comprehension
Can the student retell the story with no/little prompting?
Scoring Key
Source: Fountas & Pinnell
no understanding
excellent understanding
very limited understanding
partial understanding
Running Records - Fluency
Was the reading fluent? (Level K+)
Source: Fountas & Pinnell
What is DYNAMIC grouping?
Dynamic grouping is a process of grouping students by current needs. After a few weeks addressing that area, students are re-assessed and re-grouped to meet new areas of need.
How do I create groups?
When will I meet with the groups?
Significantly Below Level
Meet with this group as often as possible, preferably every day
Near or On Level
Meet with this group regularly, 2-3 times a week
Significantly Above Level
Meet with this group at least one time a week
What do I teach?
Elements of Lesson Planning
Planning for ELAR
Small Group Lesson Plans
Phonological Awareness & Letter Recognition
Word Study
Guided Reading
*Connection *Vocabulary
*Questions
*Fluency Practice
Oral Language and/or Written Response
Written Response, Independent Tasks
Small Group Lesson Plans
What to Teach
Thinking Within the Text
Thinking Beyond the Text
Thinking About the Text
Small Group Lesson Plans
Did the book publisher already create a relevant lesson plan?
Picking a Text
Choose a text that is slightly challenging for the group
and allows to you teach high need skills
Where to find books:
Small Group Lesson Plans
as needed
More Resources
Where to find teaching resources:
Monitoring
How will you track student progress?
DYNAMIC Grouping
Re-assess
&
Re-group
in action
Guided Reading
in action
Guided Reading
in action
Guided Reading