Lesson 1: What is Guided Reading?
Objective
Participants will be able to define what guided reading is what ways it is effective to use in the classroom.
What is Guided Reading?
Guided reading is an instructional approach that involves a teacher working with a small group of students who demonstrate similar reading behaviors and can read similar levels of texts. The text is easy enough for students to read with the teacher's support. It also offers challenges and opportunities for problem solving, but is easy enough for students to read with some fluency. Teachers should choose literature that help students expand their strategies.
Please Read the following article from Scholastic to further understand guided reading.
The first article explain what guided reading is and how it is effective in the classroom.
Scholastic Article: http://www.scholastic.ca/clubs/images/whatisgrl.pdf
The second article, Guided Reading, it's for Primary Grades by Jackie Ferguson is another great article about guided reading.
Ferguson Article: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED507687.pdf?ref=driverlayer.com/web#page=306
Activity
For this lesson, I would like you to think about your experience with guided reading in your classroom. In Google Docs, please answer the following questions:
1. In your own words, what is guided reading? What strategies do you use in your classroom?
2. What do you like about guided reading groups? Why?
3. What do you dislike about guided reading groups?
Once completed, you may send it to my email.
Attached it the Google Docs with the questions. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uoWKqVntDUwAU_iP8bi9Sta8PanES6WmjjRVCnOrc94/edit
Portfolio Page: Melissa Nelson
Course Home Page: Exploring Guided Reading in the Primary Grades
Next Lesson: Lesson 2: Guided Reading Strategies for Fluency and Accuracy
References and Resources
Ferguson, J., & Wilson, J. (2009). Guided reading: It’s for primary teachers. College Reading Association Yearbook, 30(1), 293-306.
Unknown.(2018). What is Guided Reading? Scholastic. Retrieved from http://www.scholastic.ca/clubs/images/whatisgrl.pdf