Guided+Reading

Purposes and benefits of guided reading: **
 * Guided Reading - Focused Teaching of Reading **
 * The children are using and developing the reading strategies that the teacher has demonstrated in shared reading
 * Opportunities are provided for children to interact with the teacher and the text
 * Children are able to explore the structures and features of language
 * Children are encouraged to talk, read and think their way through a text
 * The teacher is able to observe, assess and support children as they read
 * Suggested structure of a guided reading session: **
 * 1. Identify a suitable text **** and focus for the session **
 * Ideally, children should have individual copies of the book
 * Generally the text will be one that the children have not read before
 * Familiarise yourself with the text
 * Consider questions you will ask to support the children’s reading
 * Consider elements (meaning, language structures, visual information) that will help children as they read
 * 2. Introduce the text **
 * Discuss the content of the book in relation to the children’s own experiences
 * Read and discuss the title of the book
 * Summarise the content
 * ‘Walk through’ the book using the illustrations, describing the content on each page, using the tense of the book and asking questions that model the language structures
 * 3. Independent reading **
 * Each child reads independently at their own pace, using the cueing strategies demonstrated in Shared Reading sessions
 * The teacher moves around the group, listening to individual children, prompting them where necessary and assessing understanding and progress
 * 4. Early-finishers’ activities **
 * Re-read the book
 * Read with a partner
 * Retell the story to a partner
 * Choose a favourite part or character
 * Identify the most interesting fact (nonfiction)
 * Identify words with particular spelling pattens eg double letter words; silent letters etc
 * 5. Discussion **
 * Share responses to the text
 * Focus on the children’s understanding
 * 6. Teaching **
 * Consolidate the children’s skills and strategies
 * Introduce new concepts, vocabulary, punctuation
 * Praise successful problem-solving and self-correction [[image:jen2.jpg align="center"]]