1. Class 2 Guided Reading Plus
Organization for Guided Reading Plus: Early Language and Literacy Certificate, Course 1
Class 2
Guided Reading Plus

2. Housekeeping
I’m teaching DP class – room at Howell if you want to change
Breaks/Snacks protocol
Plan to live with uncertainty – can’t have the whole picture up front!
Norms
Respect everyone’s learning—questions, table talk
Be fully present (technology)
Cell phones on vibrate
No side conversations
On time
Tangents – not a hill
ALWAYS bring all handouts in a binder to class

3. Housekeeping Reminder Revisit materials handout
Begin teaching your GRP case study group by next class – Thurs 11/29
Revisit materials handout
Any last minute questions about materials?
Electronic Reflection Journal
separate reflections – 1 class, 1 reading
keep going on same document
will collect in Dec, March & May
Homework
Check it out before last minute!
Early Language and Literacy Certificate = a lot of early work!

4. Homework Review Article: Active From the Start
“Be careful not to establish a pattern where the child waits for the teacher to do the work. This is the point at which the child must learn that he must work at a difficulty, take some initiative, make some links. [This] is the general principle that needs to be established at this time…” (Clay)
What does this mean to you?
Look for examples in the article – italics portion

5. Table Introductions Name School Grade Level
Table talk: What is reading?

6. Foundational Understanding
“…. reading [is] a
message-getting,
problem-solving activity
which increases in power and flexibility the more it is practiced.” (Marie Clay).

7. Essential Questions
How does Guided Reading Plus enhance Guided Reading?
How does Guided Reading Plus fit within the Reading Workshop?

8. Foundational Ideas: Balanced Literacy
DPS Reading Curriculum
Includes 4 interrelated components
Read aloud
Shared reading
Guided reading
Independent reading

9. Foundational Ideas: Balanced Literacy
The success of balanced literacy depends on
including all the components in the literacy block
how the teacher creates instructional opportunities throughout the block in order to
activate background knowledge
integrate sources of information (M, S, V)
apply problem-solving strategies

10. Foundational Ideas GRP is one piece of the Reading Workshop
It replaces
Guided Reading
Includes individual conferences

11. Foundational Ideas
Guided Reading Plus is a two-day format, ideally back to back
Case Study Group will meet daily, but other groups could meet 2-4 days a week
Case Study: M,T & W, Th & F, M…..
Other groups:
M,T & W,Th or
M,T & Th, F etc.
Suggestion: STOP thinking about it as M-F, but as Day 1-5 – like specials

12. Lesson Planner Handout: GRP Lesson Planner, Look-fors, Guidesheet
Linda Dorn (creator of Guided Reading Plus)
Basic Parts of lesson

13. What does Guided Reading Plus look like?
Video
Fiction Reading Day (10 min)
After each section – What are you noticing?
Word Study
Orientation to New Book
During Reading
After Reading New Book
25 min

14. What does Guided Reading Plus look like?
Video
Fiction Writing Day (6 min)
After each section – What are you noticing?
Assessment – Running Record
Writing About Reading & Discussion
25 min

15. What does Guided Reading Plus look like?
How does Guided Reading Plus compare to Guided Reading?
Look-fors in Guided Reading Plus
Changes to Guided Reading Plus for DPS
1 Running Record (not 2)
Option of new independent book (not just books already read/familiar)
Writing without checks (use if you want)
Three types of writing (not just independent)

16. Foundational Ideas
Pace is critical to effectiveness of GRP, so we have to learn to fit everything in to the lesson time frame
use a timer for each section!
when time is up, move on, finished or not

17. Foundational Ideas Establish routines for your GRP group Entry routine
“Sit like a reader”
Book bags/folders/baskets
Use of whiteboards, markers, erasers
Magnetic letters organization

18. Rituals & Routines
Think about the video we just watched. What rituals and routines had been established in that group?
Share at your table any rituals, routines or organizational structures that you have found to be effective with small groups

19. What does Guided Reading Plus look like?
Video
Non-fiction Reading Day (10 min)
After each section – What are you noticing?
Word Study
Orientation to New Book
During Reading
After Reading New Book
25 min

20. What does Guided Reading Plus look like?
Video
Non-fiction Writing Day (6 min)
After each section – What are you noticing?
Assessment – Running Record
Writing About Reading & Discussion
Handout: Sample Lesson – English & Spanish
25 min

21. Essential Question
How does Guided Reading Plus enhance Guided Reading?
How does Guided Reading Plus fit within the Reading Workshop?

22. Essential Connections
LEAP
MCD*: methods & pacing, academic language
HIIM**: check for understanding, feedback
English Language Learners
Oral Language Development
Academic Language
Common Core Shifts
Nonfiction
Evidence
Increasing text complexity
*MCD = Masterful Content Delivery
**HIIM = High Impact Instructional Moves

23. Homework READ DO BRING to next class
Guidesheet, Look-fors, Lesson Planner & Sample Lesson (quiz next class) DO
Reflect on class
Reflect on reading
Begin teaching GRP Case Study group – Nov 29
BRING to next class
Days & time you will teach your GRP group
Next class powerpoint (for notes)
ALL handouts received thus far