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Jessica

I agree with you Imtiaz that starting off with the title is a good way to begin the guided reading lesson. That way students are able to start their thinking about what the story may be about. Students would be able to enhance their thinking skills with a short introduction such as the title. Good thinking!

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Jessica

I agree with you Karina that grouping students into groups with each having different readings skill can actually provide students with additional peer assistance. Students will be able to learn from each other and learn how to help one one another. As literary skills will develop, social emotional will too.

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I would visualize myself conducting a guided reading lesson with a small group just as it was shown on the video. As a teacher I would organize my students in centers such as : silent reading, guided reading, computers, make-up work, and writing center. Students will be put into groups of four with different levels of literacy skills. Putting students with different level of reading skills is a way for students to help one another, but to also give students support from one another that can help guide them if they have trouble or do not understand certain points or tasks.  Moreover, providing small group centers would give me the opportunity to work with each student a certain amount of time each week. This way I am able to assess where my students are with their work as well as their reading, math, and writing skills.

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Gail I agree guided reading can be done numerous ways according to what you are attempting to accomplish. When attempting small groups, pairs and one on one I think its important to remember the students will have to be guided through the lesson. I think guided reading is an awesome tool to enhance comprehension and retention in literacy.
Cynthia

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Gail I really do think paired up reading could really help but I do thinking one thing that will be necassary would be to pick the pairs or have alternating pairs. I think picking their own can be a distraction because they can pick their friends. Also I think they will need to sometimes pair up with different ability students in order for them to model how to read from each other. Overall tho I love you lesson plan.

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I agree with you very much centers could be very helpful in doing the guided reading lessons. Although mine are mixed groups I do thinking that ability groups can allow the kids that are stuggling get a little more differentiated course work.
Karina.

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The guided reading plan the teacher used in the example video was a very good one in my opinion because it was broken down very well and the group was small. I would divide the student in 4 groups. The groups would consist of kids with lower reading skills and kids with average reading skills and kids with kids with above average reading skills. This will allow modeling and allow the students to learn from each other as they read. I will work with the group in centers. The centers would be 4 which would be the fowling:
-Independant Reading
-Guided reading with the Teacher.
-Vocabulary Practice.
-Journal Writing.
This will allow the students to all get a chance to have time the the teacher during their guided reading time. It will also allow the students to practice the vocabulary throughout the book.
After the centers there will be a lesson in which will be based on phonetic awareness. This will allow all the standouts
to get a dense overview on phonetic awareness which helps them better their reading.

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I completely agree with you that the teacher in this  video did a wonderful job in  her delivery of the guided reading lesson. She hit on every target and made sure each student was involved.  I really liked how she gave individual attention to each student and gave them each a chance to read to her so that they got their own individual teacher time.  Understanding the importance of reviewing words that students do not understand is key to their overall comprehension. I really enjoyed reading your post and how you would handle a guided reading lesson for your students.

Gail

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I agree and love how you mention using  a pre-reading discussion of book title to get students thinking before reading of what the selection will be about. It sets the stage for understanding and lets students start to think about  what connections of their own that they can make to the text.  I like how you plan to use guided reading to help your students!

Gail

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Great ideas. You are able to have an in-depth guided reading session with a small group of students while the rest of the class works on their reading skills with a variety of resources.

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Very good post.  I can tell you've done these guided reading exercises before.  Having the students brainstorm ideas of what the book could be about helps to access their background knowledge, which in turn leads to a greater understanding of the text.

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I thought the teacher did a great job in conducting this guided reading lesson.  The word study was good, and having the students practice with recognizing the 'gl' sound was important for their phonemic awareness.  I also liked how they went over words that may have been difficult for them.  Doing that before reading on their own will enhance their understanding of the text.  If I were conducting this lesson, I would go over the title of the text and then dive into whatever background knowledge the students have about the topic.  Then I'd review any important words with them so they can understand the usage of these words when they are reading they text.  I'll remind them to pay close attention to words that are underlined, in bold, or in italics.  The lesson would be concluded by having the students reading to me in which I would assess their understanding of the text and their pronouncing of the words.

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I could see myself conducting a guided reading lesson with an entire class. I could see pairing students off to read the text by themselves and with each other. I would have them do a seek and find to search for the important words in the text (I would give them a list and then ask them to search the text). They could practice together and then we could come back as a group to answer text questions and work on other vocabulary lessons. Guided reading could really be done in a lot of ways, as an entire class, within pairs, small groups, one-on-one, or individually. Different types of texts could be used for different types of activities, vocabulary, and phonetic awareness lessons. Guided reading offers a chance for students to gain richer literacy skills and comprehension acquisition.

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Great post Gail!

I also plan on using guided reading in my classroom. I like how you plan to have the students work together and then discuss it as a group.

Good luck,
Rheanna

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I would absolutely use guided reading in my classroom. I could see myself doing as part of center time. My center time will be focused around literature. I plan to have 4 centers. The groups will be broken up by reading levels.

Center 1: Guided reading lesson with teacher (me)

Center 2: Word work (independent)

Center 3: Listening Center (independent)

Center 4: Computer literacy game (independent)

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Reheanna,
I was in a classroom a few years ago that used a similar concept.The class was divided into to groups, A,B,C,D. Before  class the order or sequence of the station rotation would  displayed. This was done so the  students would know where to start and where to go next.The students would spend twenty minutes at a station then rotate to the next one. It worked well in her class.
Cynthia

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I believe I would use guided reading in whole group and in small group. During whole group we would pre read or discuss what we think about the book. For example, the title or what do we think the book is about. We would read the book together as a class. As a class would could discuss vocabulary, definitions, themes, setting, characters, etc.. During small group we would reread a section . We would pay special attention to vocabulary or important words in the story. The students would answer questions from the story, discuss and compare answers a partner. Finally we would give a significant fact or thought about the story.