Comments on: Guided Reading https://alwaysalesson.com/guided-reading/ Whether you are teaching a lesson or learning one yourself, this website is for you! Tue, 15 May 2012 22:16:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 By: gschultek https://alwaysalesson.com/guided-reading/#comment-560 Tue, 15 May 2012 22:16:45 +0000 https://alwaysalesson.com/2012/05/01/guided-reading/#comment-560 In reply to Meagan.

Meagan,

Thanks so much for your post! You are absolutely right about having FLEXIBLE groups as students grow at different rates. There has been a lot of talk recently about the round robin reading and its negative effects on student’s reading growth. I have begun having students whisper read as I walk around. I love that you suggest turning students away from the group to read so it is less of a distraction. I will try that with my groups. Great tip!

]]> By: Meagan https://alwaysalesson.com/guided-reading/#comment-559 Tue, 15 May 2012 01:25:24 +0000 https://alwaysalesson.com/2012/05/01/guided-reading/#comment-559 I have always taught reading using Guided Reading. For a few years, my teaching partner and I would combine our classes and regroup according to levels, but this doesn’t always work. For the last few years I have been grouping the children in my class, usually ending up with 4-5 groups. It is really important to remember that the children can moved levels quicker or slower than others in their groups, so make sure your groups are flexible and change as needed. The other thing I have learnt is to not use round robin reading during guided reading (each child taking turns to read a page), it is all about the teaching of the strategies and giving each child the opportunity to read the book on their own. I ask the children to turn outwards from the group and I will move around and hear each child individually.

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