1. Webb A. Murray 2010 Lora Drum and Mia Johnson Curriculum Specialists
Guided Reading
Webb A. Murray
2010
Lora Drum and Mia Johnson
Curriculum Specialists

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What is Guided Reading?
Guided reading is a teaching approach that is designed to help individual students learn how to process a variety of increasingly challenging texts with understanding and fluency.
Guided Readers and Writers by Fountas and Pinnell (pg 193)
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3. Why is Guided Reading important?
Guided reading allows your child to work with a text that is appropriate for them. It allows them to apply and practice new reading strategies with support from the teacher since there are 6 or less students in each group.

4. How does my child participate?
Your child meets with his/her teacher in a small group for reading instruction.
Your child’s teacher previews the text with the small group.
Your child will begin reading their text along with the other students in their small group.
The teacher will listen to your child read and help them decode and understand the text.
After reading, the small group will discuss the text and the
teacher will check for understanding and teach a mini-lesson
on the reading strategies used or not used by the students.
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What will my child do while the teacher is meeting with other small groups?
Your child may be “Reading to Self,” “Reading to Someone,” or “Listening to Reading.”
Your child may be Working with Words.
Your child may be writing.
Your child may be participating in Literacy Centers/Stations.
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