Melissa Nelson
Return to: ETAP 623 Fall 2018 - Systematic Design of Instruction Exploring Guided Reading in the Primary Grades
Hello! My name is Melissa Nelson. I am a certified elementary school teacher in general education and special education (birth to 6th Grade). I graduated from St. Joseph's College in January 2015 with a bachelor's degree in Child Study and Psychology. I am currently taking courses at SUNY Albany in the CDIT program for my Master's degree. Currently, I am a substitute teacher in the Connetquot School District awaiting for a full time position.
My Topic/Purpose
Guided reading is an instructional approach that involves teachers working with a small group of readers. When teachers are working with students in guided reading groups on the same reading levels. Teachers provide lessons where students use problem solving strategies to improve on reading accuracy and fluency. Teachers provide lessons that teaches different strategies that challenges and offer opportunities that will give students the chance to expand and use different learning strategies that will enhance their reading abilities. Teachers also provide support so that students will ultimately be able to read independently.
This course is going to focus on different strategies to use when working with the students within the primary grades (Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade). Each lesson will provide how to use a different strategy to use during guided reading instruction that will help teach and improve fluency, accuracy and comprehension.
Learning Outcomes
In this course, participants will be able to do the following:
-Participants will be able to use different reading strategies to enhance guided reading groups.
-Participants will be able to use strategies to increase fluency and accuracy.
-Participants will be able to to help students who struggle with comprehension and word work.
Needs Assessment
Guided reading groups can have a huge impact on a students’ ability to read. With students having individual learning needs, guided reading groups can help reach those needs on a more one on one basis. Teacher will be able to assess the students and monitor students reading levels to ensure success and understanding. Guided reading gives teachers and students the ability to work with small groups on similar reading levels to work on fluency, accuracy and comprehension of different types of texts.
Analysis of the Learner and Context
The participants in this course will be educators who are looking for different strategies to use in guided reading in the primary grades (grades kindergarten to 5th grade). The lessons will be presented in an online mini course. The participants will need a computer with internet access along with a google account as this course will use Google Docs to work on one of the activities. They will also need an email as the work will also have to be emailed to the instructor.
Performance Objectives
Course-level objectives In this course, the participants will be able to:
-Identify student's needs in guided reading groups
-Use different strategies to increase fluency and accuracy
-Provide students with strategies to help figure out challenging words while reading.
-Use strategies to increase students' comprehension of stories in guided reading groups.
-Increase understanding of guided reading in the primary grades and finding helpful strategies to reach students' reading needs.
Task Analysis
Unit 1: Understanding Guided Reading
This unit will provide participants and understanding of what the purpose of guided reading groups are and how to incorporate them into their classroom effectively.
Lesson 1: What is Guided Reading?
Unit 2: Strategies to increase Fluency and Accuracy
This unit will provide participants to with strategies to improve fluency, accuracy and decoding difficult words when working in guided reading groups.
Lesson 2: Guided Reading Strategies for Fluency and Accuracy
Unit 3: Reading Comprehension and Word Work Strategies
This unit will provide ways to improve reading comprehension in students when working with different types of texts.
Lesson 3: Finding Strategies to enhance Reading Comprehension
Curriculum Map
Attached is my curriculum map from Google Docs.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fyi5DfGgBIAYvmItqCNbr74VifMWziTTmPPygZPC69w/edit
To begin the course, please click Exploring Guided Reading in the Primary Grades
References and Resources
Unknown.(2018). What is Guided Reading? Scholastic. Retrieved from http://www.scholastic.ca/clubs/images/whatisgrl.pdf