Guided Reading

Teacher: Bethany Fralick

Date: Wed. March 4, 2015
Grade Level: Fifth Grade
Time: 40 minutes
Red Group
Orange Group
Text: Cheer Choice (Chapter 2 pgs. 12-16) Text: Happily Ever After (pgs. 20-28)
Focus: Figurative Language
Focus: Inference
Materials:
Cheer Choice
White Board
Dry Erase Markers
Recall:
Who are the characters that we have
met?
Explain what is happening so far in the
story.
Vocabulary:
Sympathetically (pg.13) warmly,
understandingly, with feeling, with
compassion
Gasped (pg.16) draw in breath
sharply, in shock
Huddle (pg.18) packed group or
crowd
During Reading:
Students will read the text
independently. They will read aloud
when the teacher calls on them.
Decode figurative language: for the
millionth time she swiped her swollen
eyes, the tears threatened to spill
over again
After Reading:
Questions students answer:
Why is Colleen so adamant about no
one knowing how sad and worried she
really is?

Materials:
Happily Ever After
White Board
Dry Erase Markers
Recall:
Who are the characters that we have
met?
Explain what is happening so far in the
story.
Vocabulary:
Murmured (pg.23) make a low
continuous sound
Sputtered (pg.25) spit out words in a
short burst
Longingly (pg.25) strong desire,
usually something cannot have
During Reading:
Instruct students to make predictions
while reading.
Students will read the text
independently. They will read aloud
when the teacher calls on them.
After Reading:
Question students answer:
Why do you think everyone was
smiling at the fairy godmother?