Any teachers do guided reading?

I have a demo coming up and I need to do a shared..and then transition into a guided reading group...Everyone I talk to does a guided group differently..any thoughts or experiences to share?

Thanks!

Re: Any teachers do guided reading?

Well the shared would be the mini lesson and the guided would be what skills you would target with those specific kids. Sometimes my guided group "lessons" are not necessarily what the lesson was about. My lower kids need a lot of help with fluency.

Re: Any teachers do guided reading?

Re: Any teachers do guided reading?

We do guided reading in my school. The most important thing is for all the children to be reading at the same time. No round robin or taking turns reading. That way all the children are reading the whole time instead of just for a few seconds or minutes during the guided reading group. FM me if I can helf more. Good luck,

Re: Any teachers do guided reading?

My school does guided reading too. My class does centers while I meet with guided reading groups. During the group we start out 5 min. reading a previous text (individually) then I introduce the new text, do a picture walk, make predictions, go over vocabulary, review reading strategies, then the kids read the text individually while I monitor, or do a quick running record on a student. Then we discuss the text and I try to comment on how well some used a reading strategy (I liked how Sally went back and re-read blah blah blah) Sometimes I will also do work work with the group depending on their needs. HTH

eta: I try to give the students a focus when they are reading, ex) read to find out why a character was doing something. Or how does a character solve their problem.

Message edited 5/3/2007 11:15:48 PM.