Guided Reading Strategies

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15 Minute Guided Reading Lesson 1.Introduce Book: This book is called and it’s about…THE GIST 2.Introduce New Vocabulary 3.Picture Walk Level A-D: YOU “MODEL” do picture walk, talk about what is going on in the pictures Level E-M: Students do a picture walk and “think” to themselves. 4.READ Level A-D: First Read YOU “MODEL” how to read.. Level E-M: Students Read, you listen. Use prompts to help students individually 5.Mini Lesson: This is based on the NEEDS of the entire group. Teaching Points: Decoding (reread, endings, analogies, chunk big words) Fluency (phrasing, bold words, dialogue) Vocabulary Strategies (reread&check pictures, use known parts) Comprehension (B-M-E, 5 finger retell, S-W-B-S, character’s feelings Discussion Prompt: Higher level Thinking question Sight Word: What’s missing Mix & Fix Table Writing Whiteboards Word Study: Picture Sort Making Words Sound Boxes

Schema Schema is "an underlying organizational pattern or structure; conceptual framework: A schema provides the basis by which someone relates to the events he or she experiences." Aka, the information in our head that forms what we think. Activity: Schema Bag bring in a bag and fill it with things about my own schema. When I share with the class, I explain how it helps me when I am reading. For example, I brought in a postcard from Thailand. I visited there after college and I share how it helps me better understand a story that takes place in Asia or when I read nonfiction about something in Asia. After I go over my 4-5 things I have in my schema bag, I explain to the students that they are going to have a chance to take the schema bag home, bring it back the next day and share with the class.

Decoding Strategies

Word Work Writing Strips CVC words, Blends, Digraphs, Vowel Teams

Self-Monitoring WHAT IS SELF-MONITORYING? It's monitoring your own reading for accuracy and to ensure you are understanding what is being read. It's a difficult skill to teach, though, and needs to be repeatedly practiced and reinforced with students. So, how do you teach it? 1.Explain the 3 questions 2.Read a book aloud while making errors 3.Students stop you when an error is made (this allows students to analyze errors and think about them as well as keep their attention!)

Comprehension Strategies Assign a "job" to each color of sticky notes. Pink notes will show excitement yellow will carry a question green will mean complete comprehension. Or, if you don't have colors, you can use one-color notes and write an explanation point, a question mark, or a smiley face on them. After every page or two that the child reads, he should "check in" by assessing what he just read. He should ask himself: Do I understand what I just read? Am I surprised about something I read? What questions do I have about what I just read?

Resources Struggling Readers Blog “Grab Bag” Boxes, Books By the Foot Word Work, The Reading Recovery Way Secret Stories Katie Garner Blog (Secret Stories) Decoding Strategies PostersDecoding Strategies Posters (1) Decoding Strategies PostersDecoding Strategies Posters (2) Jan has a Facebook Page!