Guided Reading

Year 3

Reading

!   Reading Levels

!   Guided Reading

!   Making Meaning

BENCHMARK LEVEL !   Designed to document change over time in student’s

reading accuracy, comprehension, and fluency

!   Enables teachers to systematically observe, record, and evaluate change in reading performance

!   Helps decide Guided Reading groups

!   Running record, timing, retell, connections

!   Given at least twice a year

Independent Reading level

!   Highest level at which a child can read easily: without assistance

!   Few errors in word recognition

!   Good comprehension and recall

Instructional Level

!   Child can read with ease, provided that he/she receives guided instruction

!   Errors in word recognition are not frequent

!   Comprehension and recall is satisfactory

Frustration Level

!   Child’s reading skills break down

!   Fluency disappears

!   Errors in word recognition are numerous

!   Limited comprehension

!   Signs of emotional tension and discomfort become evident

Guided reading !   Small group of student reading books

!   Instructional level Vs. Independent level

!   Read a familiar book, new book

!   Cueing strategies for unknown words - meaning, syntax, visual

!   Reader response activities

Making Meaning

!   Preview

!   Question

!   Predict

!   Infer

!   Connect

!   Summarize

!   Evaluate

Negotiable Not negotiable - When in the school day to do Guided Reading - How many groups - Which books to read -  Leveling of the books

- Guided Reading - Tracking, useful comments for teachers - Done in small groups

What is Guided Reading?

Round robin reading, where children take turns reading aloud, is NOT appropriate in a guided reading session because…

What is Guided Reading? The teacher and a small group of students

form a circle so that they can see one another while reading and discussing the text.

What is Guided Reading? The teacher introduces the text and sets a purpose

for the students, who read the text silently or quietly to themselves, and the teacher and students discuss it.

Before Reading - ! Preview

!   Picture walk

!   Predict

During Reading !   Begin reading the book.

!   You can pick ONE of the students to read aloud to you

!   The rest read quietly on their own. If a child is stuck on a word, give them time to try to work it out independently. Praise them for their attempts.

Questioning -  Both throughout the book and at the end, ask questions to

check the children’s comprehension and understanding.

!   1. Check the children’s comprehension of what they have read – Eg: What did John eat for breakfast?

!   2. Predict what might happen next – What do you think will happen next? Why?

!   3. Infer why things happened – Why do you think -----_______happened?

!   4. Check their vocabulary knowledge - What does the word ______ mean?

Things good readers do - !   Infer

!   Connect

!   Summarize

!   Evaluate

After Reading -  Ask the children to retell the story or

share their favourite part of the story (fiction) or most interesting fact (non-fiction).

-  Discuss topics that they found interesting in the story.

-  Reading / Story Cards

Wrapping Up The participants

conclude the session by reviewing the purpose for the reading and reflecting on the learning. The students then move on to further literacy activities.

We end the Guided Reading session by reviewing the ideas in the story, and reflecting on the learning. The students then move onto further literacy activities.

Thank you for coming!