1. Small Group Instruction
Guided Reading
Small Group
Instruction

2. Magic Happens at the Table

3. Guided Reading Is…… 60 minutes: uninterrupted time
3-6 students in a group
2-3 groups per day (20-30 min per group)
pulling lowest group at least 4 times a week
grouping students according to reading level using current istation data maps and/or running records
keeping materials close to your GR table
having an organized and current lesson plan notebook

4. Guided Reading Is Not…. round-robin reading choral reading
a teacher read aloud
echo reading
Negotiable in your classroom

5. Framework for Guided Reading Groups K-2
Familiar Reading/Running Record minutes
Letter and Word Work minutes
Guided Writing minutes
Guided Reading (new book) minutes
Book Introduction minutes
Reading minutes
Questioning minutes

6. Lesson Plan for Guided Reading Week of: ___________________
Group: ____________________ Level: ________________
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Familiar Read
Running Records
Student
Text
Level
Accuracy SC
Letter
and
Word Work
Guided Writing
New Book
Strategies/Skills
Anecdotal
Notes

7. Familiar Reading each child has 3-5 of the previous NEW books in bag
independent reading-students select and read previously read books from their bag
oral, whispered or silent reading (not choral)
teacher assesses one student each day by taking a running record while other students read their familiar books

8. Running Records yesterday's new book no more than 100 words
one student tests per day, per group in K-2
other students are reading familiar books independently
* in-depth Running Record training will take place on campus as needed...
Stop and model

9. Letter and Word Work Driven by Students’ Weaknesses
Letter names and sounds
Match or sort initial or final sounds
Rhyming words
Syllables (clap or chin)/6 syllable types
High Frequency Words (make/read/write)
Blending ( CVC, CCVC, CVCC, CVCe)
Say words slowly and write letters related to sounds
nothing NEW is taught at this time!!!
have all word work materials pre-planned before each lesson
Nothing new is taught at this time
Have all word work materials planned and pulled before lesson starts

10. Letter and Word Work (cont.)
Change beginning, middle, or ending letter to make one syllable words (ex. fan/man—pin/pan)
Plurals—s, -es
Compound words-put together and take apart
Read and take apart words with digraphs
Add inflectional endings (-ed, -ing)
Read/write/sort words with 2 and 3 letter blends
Read and take apart contractions

11. Letter and Word Work (cont.)
Take apart words using onset and rhyme
Make possessives by adding ‘s to a singular noun
Recognize homophones (sea/see, meet/meat)/ Homographs (ball, watch)
Make/read/write words with long vowel pattern
Read words with r controlled vowels
Add simple prefixes and suffixes to words
Stop and model

12. Guided Writing
One student generates a sentence based on a previously read book. ** Tip: The child that did the running record creates the sentence.
Students do not copy the generated sentence.
The students need to say the sentence several times and count the words before they begin to write.
The students write 1 or 2 sentences while the teacher supports the writing process by teaching writing strategies.

13. Guided Writing (cont.)
All practice is done on the page above. (Sloppy Copy)
Allow students to write with markers, pens, etc.
All mistakes on the writing page (the bottom page) are corrected with cover-up tape. (Neat Sheet)
Students are held accountable for writing what they are able to write.
Have students date the bottom of each writing page.
Stop and model

14. Guided Reading- NEW BOOK Introduction
Otherwise Known as a PICTURE WALK!
F&P say, “The key to a student’s access to
the book is your introduction! It is a brief
and lively discussion in which the teacher
interests the children in the story and
produces an appropriate setting for
reading.”

15. New Book Introduction Format
introduction of new book/picture walk
- you do not need to discuss every single page
students read independently (staggered reading) in a soft voice while the teacher focuses on each reader for a short period of time
- this is NOT a time for choral reading
- teacher will make anecdotal notes on the lesson plan about students’ reading behaviors while listening
closure and discussion of the reading (comprehension)

16. Guided Reading: Making It Work Mary Browning Schulman and Carleen DaCruz Payne Look to see if students are using these cues
Sound It Out doesn’t always work

17. Guided Reading Notebook

18. Rotation Schedule Example

19. Rotation Schedule Example
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1st Rotation
Group 1
2nd Rotation
Group 2
Group 3
3rd Rotation
Group 4
Group 5
Discuss how to get students into homogeneous groups

20. Organization of GR Area
materials that need to be close to your GR table:
- magnetic letters
- white boards
- erasers for white boards
- sentence strips (cut up sentence for lower groups mainly in K-1st)
- expo markers
- post-it correction tape
- markers and highlighters
- containers or big baggies for Familiar Reading books
- writing journals

21. Organization of GR Area

22. Guided Reading Video K-2