In order for students to get all that they can out of reading, they need to approach reading in the way that best allows them to learn and comprehend.To make this possible, students can be put into small groups with other students who are on similar reading skill levels. The teacher then works with the individual groups, catering to the needs most appropriate for those specific students.
The way that a teacher chooses to teach reading with these skills in mind may change depending on the the students' needs. Here are a few examples of different 'guided reading' activities:
As defined in the article, "An Experimental Evaluation of Guided Reading and Explicit Interventions for Primary Grade Students At-Risk For Reading Difficulties" from Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, "Guided Reading is frequently implemented as a component of classroom reading instruction or as a supplemental intervention. In practice, implementations of Guided Reading vary widely."
Thoughts to Ponder: 1) How do you remember learning to read? 2)What guided reading activities do you remember doing? 3)What kinds of guided reading activities do you think will be most effective for your students?
I really like this definition! I was actually looking for a good definition of this topic so this helped me. I really like the colorful charts that you found. These could be great for the whole class or small groups. I actually do not remember learning how to read or any guided reading activities.
ReplyDeleteI remember reading groups. However I remember realizing that the groups differed in levels of reading, and while I wasn't in a struggling group, I remember feel conscious of what level my group was. These feelings of insecurity are something I wish to avoid in my classroom, rather, having guided reading encourage students.
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