What+is+guided+reading

**What is guided reading?** **Guided reading is made up of small flexible groups. The base of instruction comes from a variety of texts on students' instructional level. The teacher “guides” students through leveled text during shared reading time. The teacher will introduce text focusing on a specific strategy. Some strategies include print concepts, letter and sound knowledge, word structure, and context clues. Guided Reading is planned instruction focused on coaching students how to use reading strategies effectively to become fluent, skilled, and independent readers.**  **Teacher's Purpose**

**During lessons with Emergent Readers, Pre-A to C level, the teacher’s purpose is to prompt or coach children with strategies such as, “Does that make sense? Try that again with a different vowel sound. Look at how that word begins.” to help students self correct reading errors. The teacher will need to take notes of any problems or successful behaviors observed during reading. This will help you decide what needs to be reviewed, and help plan future teaching points. It is **important** to only pick 1-2 teaching points, otherwise students may fail to make the instructional connections. It is** **imperative** ** to tell students what they are doing well. Noticing a student's effort or success during shared reading is a crucial step to creating ownership of a student's learning. **



**Student’s Purpose ** **Students will whisper read (aloud) while in a group using their books properly. Students will continue reading and rereading text until the teacher calls time. Students need to participate in a group discussion about the text. Students should be working toward making proper connections and applying known taught strategies while reading . **