Guided Reading

January 2017
Learning Target

I can articulate how Guided

Reading is a critical strategy of
the Balanced Literacy
Framework.
I can explain the Essential
Elements/Components of a
Guided Reading lesson.
Expectations
Assessments
-F & P (Winter/Spring)
*Jan. 10th-27th
*May end of the year
-FAST Assessment
-Progress Monitoring
Where are you when it comes
to Guided Reading?
A Professional Development
Continuum
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I KNOW & DO THIS
I KNOW & DO THIS IN A CONSISTENT
MANNER
WHAT I KNOW & DO ARE
INTENTIONALLY EMBEDDED IN MY
PRACTICE: My learning never stops!
Balanced Literacy Framework
The Balanced Literacy Approach seeks to find an
appropriate balance of all components and elements of
literacy Instruction.
Components - (Read/Write/Listen/Speak)
Readers Workshop
Guided Reading
Writers Workshop
Word Study/Foundational Skills
Elements
Modeled (I Do)
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.
-Guided Readers and Writers, Fountas &
Elements/Components of a
Guided Reading Lesson
Lesson Pre-Work
Before Reading: Strategy Focus/ Introduction to
text
During Reading: Reading the text
After Reading: Comprehension discussion
Lesson Pre-work
Teacher analyzes student data and
plans:
Identify skill(s)/strategy based on student need

Identify leveled text based on skill/strategy

focus

Create scripted comprehension questions

 Before Reading-Strategy Focus &
Introducing the Text
Learning Target: Teacher states the strategy/skill the students will use
when reading.

Front Loading: Key ideas and concepts, High Frequency Words, Trick
Words (ie: once) and vocabulary words (ie: porridge).
Scaffolds provided by this introduction will support effective
processing of the text

Introduction of text: Teacher will give an introduction Hook to

the text (similar to an book introduction given when using F & P
assessment books.)
Length and content will depend on the complexity of the text
and the readers background knowledge, experience with
text features, understanding of genre, and reading skills
During Reading - Reading the
Text
Students read the text individually and use word
solving strategies to solve unknown words while
reading.

Teacher listens to students read and uses word-

solving prompts for students who need focus on
accuracy and fluency.

As Teacher listens, he/she records observations on

note-taking form.
Fluency
What am I practicing:
Word Solving
Phrasing
Punctuation
Tone

How to practice:
Choral reading
Echo reading
Independent reading
After Reading-Discussing/Revisiting the
Text

Discussion is tied to the specific skill highlighted

in the introduction and attention is drawn
back to text evidence.

Teacher facilitates a comprehension conversation

about what students have read, using factual,
Inferential, Critical Thinking Questions.
Comprehension
Questions
Factual: Thinking Within the Text
The answer is found right in the text.
(ie: Where did the bears go when the porridge was too hot?)

Inferential: Thinking Beyond the Text

Adding up clues (text evidence, background knowledge) from one point in the
text determine something unstated.
(ie: How did the bears feel when they saw their porridge was eaten?)

Critical Thinking: Thinking About the Text

Adding up clues (text evidence, background knowledge) across multiple points
in the text to determine something unstated.
(ie: Do you think Goldilocks will come back to the bears house? Why do you
think that? Or How did the author help the reader understand how the bears
were feeling?)
 Factual: Where did he sit?
Inferential: Why couldnt the men put him
together?
Critical thinking: What could his mom have
said at the beginning of the day to prevent
such a tragedy from happening?
Observation Notes:
Student Guided Reading Data
could include:
GR observations-Group
Checklists
Observation guides-Individual
Running records
Miscue analysis
Conferring notes
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