Guided Reading Guided Reading forforK-2K-2

Guided Reading Guided Reading forforK-2K-2

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Char CainChar Cain

Agenda• Organizing the Classroom.• Managing the Classroom.• The Guided Reading Lesson.• Learning About Letters and Words.

Organizing the Classroom

• Large-group area/ materials.• Small-group area .• Independent work areas.• Guided Reading area.

Large-group Area and Materials

• easel/magnetic board.• Pointers. Markers.• magnetic letters. chart paper.• sentence strips. name chart.• ABC chart. white correction

tape.

Small-group areas• Areas for centers.• Enough space, materials, and

chairs for the number of children who will typically be working there.

• Display areas.

Independent work areas

• Desk or table area with sufficient space for children’s materials.

• Baskets, bins or cubbyhole for personal materials.

• Commonly used materials should be clearly labeled.

Guided Reading area• A quieter section of classroom.• Sit at table, on floor, on small

chairs.• Teacher needs to be able to keep

eye on whole classroom.• Shelf or table for storing guided

reading books.

Teacher’s materials in guided reading area

• Clipboard with running record forms.

• Sentence strips, paper and writing materials.

• Student records.• Markers/pencils, whiteboard or

easel.

A Print-rich classroom• Big books in a range of genres.• Leveled books for guided reading.• Books for independent reading.• Range of quality children’s literature for

read-alouds.• Charts of poems and songs.• Labels and directions for materials.• Informational books.

Print-rich classroom• Stories, messages, lists and other

written materials produced by children during interactive writing.

• A word wall, organized alphabetically, of frequently used words and other theme words that children can use as a resource (teacher and children create this wall together throughout the year).

Print-rich classroom• Alphabet charts and similar reference

materials.• Dictionaries.• Children’s personal collections of

completed and in-progress stories and poems, all clearly labeled.

• Children’s individual poem books for collecting and reading.

Print-rich classroom• Numerous pocket charts to hold a

variety of print material (stories, lists, poems, etc.).

• Magnetic surfaces for the manipulation of colored magnetic letters.

• A name chart (first names of children beginning to read and more complex name study charts for the older children).

Centers• Has appropriate materials to

enable children to explore and work independently or with partners or small groups.

• Task-oriented with clear expectations – not just a worksheet.

• Has open-ended inquiry.

Centers• Work best if teachers don’t have

to create new lessons each day.• Have ongoing rules.• Best not to have more centers

than you need.

Centers• Introduce one at a time, explicitly

demonstrating and practicing the routines for using it with children.

• A new center should not be introduced until the children fully understand how to use the one introduced before.

Centers• Children need to know the specific

tasks that are expected in the center for any given day or week.

• Each needs an adequate supply of necessary materials.

• Establish routines for participating in centers.

Storage for children’s ongoing and completed

work• Store daily writing folders for all in

a labeled tub or a plastic or cardboard box.

• Use a plastic crate with hanging files.

• Provide personal boxes of books children are reading, would like to read, or are using for reference.

Storage• Cut cereal boxes in half, cover them

with contact paper and have students store their journals, handwriting books, and other small items in them. These boxes can easily be placed in the center of work tables to designate the particular children who should work there.

Managing the Classroom

• Teaching routines– Define clear expectations and be sure that

children are comfortable with the routines before leaving them on their own in a center.

– Begin year with large-group experiences that will establish the group as a learning community and build linguistic resources.

Managing the classroom

• Materials and work areas can be introduced one at a time so that children understand the operating procedures for using them.– Talk about and demonstrate it yourself.– Have one or two children demonstrate

and applaud their efforts.

Managing the classroom

• If everyone can use the center at once, invite the class to participate and observe them, praising their efforts.

• If only a few children can use the area, keep an eye on it for the first time it is used. Keep encouraging and praising children’s self-managed behavior.

Managing the classroom

• Observe the center until you are comfortable that children are habitually using the area independently and are being considerate of others and of the materials.

Making Transitions• Teach children to put away

materials, check the work board, and move to a new area.

• Talk about what to do if an area is full and how they can use their time.

The Guided Reading Lesson

• Selecting books– The concepts in the book need to be

familiar to the children or can be made accessible through the introduction.

– The plot needs to be interesting and appealing to this group of children.

– The text needs to provide opportunities to use what they know.

Selecting books– There need to be some words known

to the children.– Other words need to be accessible

through their current ability to use strategies such as word analysis and prediction from language structure or meaning.

Selecting books– The text needs to offer a few opportunities to

problem-solve, search, and check while reading for meaning.

– The illustrations need to support the children’s search for meaning.

– They need to extend the meaning of the text.– The length of the text needs to be

appropriate for the experience and stamina of the group.

Selecting books– For emergent and early readers, the

text layout needs to be clear.– The print needs to be clear.– There needs to be an appropriate

number of lines on a page.– There needs to be sufficient space

between words.

Book Introduction• Draw on the children’s experience and

knowledge. Create an ‘anticipatory set’.

• Leave room for the children to bring their experiences to bear on the story.

• Explain important ideas and concepts.• Discuss the plot or theme of the whole

story.

Book Introduction• Say (and sometimes have children

repeat) the language patterns that are unfamiliar and are critical to the story.

• Talk about the meaning of the whole story.

• Talk about the illustrations and help children discover information in them.

• Discuss the characters in the story.

Book Introduction• Draw children’s attention to the

structure of the text and help them understand “how the book works.”

• Occasionally address letter-sound relationships or clusters in the pronunciation of unfamiliar words (proper names, for example).

Book Introduction• Use some of the new and challenging

vocabulary found in the story.• Draw children’s attention to specific

words and punctuation.• Explore any aspects of text layout that

affect the meaning of the story or would be tricky for children to follow.

Book Introduction• Before the children begin to read,

give them a purpose for reading or an anticipatory set, to keep them thinking of what’s happening in the story.

Assisted learning during and after

reading• All the children will read aloud the

story at the same time, but not choral reading.

• You move from child to child, determining what they need in the way of prompting for the use of strategies.

Assisted learning during and after

reading• You can suggest, point out, and

draw attention to what the child needs to learn to do next.

• After reading, discuss the text and focus on one or two points observed when listening to individuals read.

Letter and word work• Spend a few moments after the reading

to take a careful look at how a word works, especially if you have observed them struggling with one or two words, when listening to them read .– Use magnetic letters on an easel.– Write on a white board– Simply draw children’s attention to a word

in text by using a card or a mask

Letter and word work• The goal is for each reader to use

various information sources while reading text, focusing more closely on the parts of words as needed, in order to construct meaning.

• You are teaching them to use what they know about words instead of “sounding out”.

Comprehension• Examine oral and written responses

– Comprehension is the central and guiding focus in a reading lesson.

– Discussion and personal responses help the teacher to gather information about how the children have understood the story. It also extends their understandings.

– Looking across a range of responses is the best way to be sure that understanding is central in the whole process of reading.

Comprehension:Constructing meaning

strategies• Making connections

– Relating text to one’s own knowledge, experience, or other texts, which allows the child access to an established memory pathway with which to store the newly acquired textual knowledge.

– Help children access this information by first modeling, and calling on them to tell about their connections.

Constructing meaning strategies

• Predicting – thinking about what one knows, using text features to make predictions about what the text is about.– Again model, and call for children to make

predictions, using prior knowledge and the text as they confirm those predictions, using correct strategies when the reading doesn’t make sense.

Constructing meaning strategies

• Summarizing-the process of determining important events or information and compiling them into a central theme or concept, which helps the reader form memory structures that they can use to select and store details from their reading.

Nonfiction summarizing• Model how children can look for

repeated words or phrases and write them down. Write a sentence about the text using the words you wrote on your list. This will result in a summarization of the reading.

Nonfiction Summarizing

• Look for synonym/similar word usage. Write down the words that are alike. What are these words and how are these words alike? Write a sentence about the text using the ideas from the words that are alike.

Finding details• Cross out all of the small or

unimportant words in the text. • Underline the details or interesting

words in the text.• Think about the details. What are they

about.• Write a sentence about the details you

found.

Inferring• Taking the author’s clues in text and

extrapolating it to one’s life to recreate the author’s message.

• Clues and connections give you inference.• A conclusion can be made after

considering one’s knowledge and experience along with the author’s words.

Inferring• Ask, “What do you know that the

author didn’t come right out and tell you?” “What do you know about…?”

• Riddle books help to teach inferring.

Inferring• Can be done at each grade level:

– Kindergarten – emotion and location– 1 – character trait and action– 2 – object and time– 3 – category and occupation– 4 – cause/effect– 5 – literary– 6 – author’s bias and culture

Resources• Dorn, L., C. French, and Tammy Jones.

1998. Apprenticeship in Literacy; Transitions Across Reading and Writing. York, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers.

• Fountas, I., and G. Pinnell. 1996. Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

• Pinnell, G., and I. Fountas. 1998.Word Matters: Teaching Phonics and Spelling in the Reading/Writing Classroom. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

• 2004. Strategy Instruction in a Balanced Literacy Program. Gretchen Courtney & Associates, Ltd. Professional Development Resources.