1. Guided Reading

2. What is Guided Reading?
"Reading instruction in which the teacher provides the structure and purpose for reading and for responding to the material read" (Harris and Hodges, 1995).

3. Then and Now... Prominent Scholars
Cunningham
&
Routman
Betts
Bond & Wagner
Mooney
Booth
1946
1966
2000
1990
1998
1957
1986
1996
2000
2001
Gray & Reese
Spache
Fountas
&
Pinnell
Ford
Calkins

4. Causes for Changes in Guided Reading
Homogeneous -ability groups
Nature of instruction
Social stigma

5. Homogeneous-ability Groups
* Groupings based on achievement rather than ability
* Static groups

6. Nature of Instruction * Inequitable access to quality instruction
* Teacher directed
* Round-robin oral reading
* Literal level questioning
* Little differentiation
* Basals primary source for instruction

7. Social Stigma * More concerned with levels of books than ability
* "Bluebirds were always bluebirds and considered the low group."

8. Prevent Problems of the Past
Influenced by the work of Irene Fountas & Gay Su Pinnell ~ suggested guided reading that would provide "good first teaching for all students."
Basal readers now include other literature and leveled readers.
Nature of instruction is different ~ Shift from transmission model of learning to transactional model.
Instruction moves from skill-based instruction (behaviorism) to strategy-based instruction (constructivism).
Reading groups are much more fluid and flexible, avoiding the static, fixed ability groups.
Teachers coach students during reading.
Learning is scaffolded.
Some claim that we've reached a time to move beyond guided reading.

9. Perspectives on Guided Reading
All CHILDREN:
Have ability to become literate
Need to be taught be a skilled teacher
Goal of GR is to become independent readers
GR is only 1 component of balanced literacy
Reading for meaning is goal of GR
Learn to read by reading
Need to become metacognitive
Need to develop a self-extending system of strategies
Need to be exposed to higher level thinking activities
Need to experience joy and delight while reading
GR has 3 focused elements- B, D, A reading

10. Future of Guided Reading
Teachers still struggle with how to effectively implement GR so learners gain the most from it.
Use questions from Mary Jo Fresch to help design in-depth staff development to support teachers and improving GR practices.

11. Resources for YOU Published 1946 1957 1986 Mooney 1990 1996 1998 2000
Book Title
Emmett Betts
1946
Foundations of Reading Instructuon
Gray & Reese
1957
Teaching Children to Read
Bond & Wagner
1986
Reading in the Elementary School
Mooney
1990
Reading To, With, and By Students
Fountas & Pinnell
1996
GR: Good First Reaching for All Children
Booth
1998
Guiding the Reading Process
Calkins
2000
The Art of Teaching Reading