Guided Reading: In Class Explanation

What is Guided Reading?

"Guided reading is 'small-group reading instruction designed to provide differentiated teaching that supports students in developing reading proficiency'."

COMPREHENSION is key!

What are the main elements or essential components?

How is Guided Reading done?

• what does the teacher do? 

• Gives a Reading Level for books for a student to choose from
• The teacher works with a small group of students with similar needs.
• The teacher provides introductions to the text that support children’s later attempts at problem solving.
• The teacher prompts, encourages, and confirms students’ attempts at 
• problem solving.
• The teacher and student engage in meaningful conversations about 
• what they are reading.
• The teacher and student revisit the text to demonstrate and use a range of
• comprehension strategies.
• Students?
• Each student reads the whole text or a unified part of the text.
• Readers figure out new words while reading for meaning.

What is the main purpose of Guided Reading?

According to Scholastic: "You select books that students can read with about 90 percent accuracy. Students can understand and enjoy the story because it’s accessible to them through their own strategies, supported by your introduction. They focus on meaning but use problem-solving strategies to figure out words they don’t know, deal with difficult sentence structure, and understand concepts or ideas they have never before encountered in print."

How can Guided Reading be helpful for students?

• Can give students more confidence in their reading capabilities. 
• It is different skill levels, so it is catered to every students needs. This means that students can move up at their own pace, and not fall behind or feel inferior to their peers.

What does it look like?

The ultimate goal is independent reading!

Guided Reading is especially helpful for English Language Learners. By using texts that they are already familiar with, pointing how key vocabulary words, and guiding the reader as they work through the text, the student will quickly learn more English and comprehend the readings better.

Blog by: Kimberly Bradford and Micaela Dodge