guidedreading

=Guided Reading=

What is Guided Reading?
It is probably easier to start with what it is not - round robin and listening to children read a page/chapter each. Children should be reading the same text at their own pace, with one child reading quietly aloud to the teacher or teaching assistant at a time. People's ideas regarding the structure of a guided reading structure varies but generally includes:


 * introduction - tell them the session objective/s; look at the book cover and discuss initial predictions


 * strategy check - recap of reading strategies i.e. what we do if we come across a word we're unsure of e.g. sound it out, read around it


 * independent reading - when you can listen to the children - you don't have to listen to each child, each session - remember, it's not just their actual sounding out etc. that you're listening to, rather their opinions, predictions, inference, deduction etc.


 * return to the text - do this as a group and ask them questions relating to the text - these should link to the session objective and assessment focus for that session


 * follow up work - although not strictly a part of the guided reading session, it is important to find out what children can do indepently linked to the text. There are many ideas for follow up work on the sites below - but a few ideas include: diary entries, creating a story map, predictions for the ending, character sketches.

A whole host of guided reading resources from Eriding - just watch out for silly mistakes on the GR fans! []

AF question keys from Lancs - I laminated and then put all AF3 together with a keyring etc. I use them to help me come up with questions for my guided reading planning. I tend to focus on 1 or 2 AFs each session. They can also be used to gather "evidence" during follow up work [] (other resources on here also)

Great resources and ideas available here courtesy of HGfL []

A fairly sound explanation of what a guided reading session could look like [|www.clusterweb.org.uk%2FUserFiles%2FASK8%2FFile%2FPrimary_Literacy%2FReading%2FPrompt_sheet_for_Guided_Reading.pdf&rct=j&q=guided%20reading%20prompts&ei=QT-OTOjEO82N4gah_LWbCg&usg=AFQjCNGXNku1qHcmbmRc442ak7CWJJk2Nw]

Great Guided Reading booklet - highly suitable for NQTs/those new to GR []

Effective guided reading at KS1 powerpoint: []

Australian wikispace - maybe with a slightly different idea of GR http://alsguidedreading.wikispaces.com/Welcome+Page (and links to reading assessment: http://alsassessment.wikispaces.com/Reading)

Sample guided reading plans - particularly good for showing differentiation (We're going on a bear hunt and the Iron Man) []

A few GR resources, with a section of links at the bottom of the page: []

Subject Leaders
Support pack for English subject leaders []