Teacher Guided Reading Groups Week 1

Character Sketch: Guided Reading Group and Independent Practice (All 5 Days)

  • Students will read aloud in their group.
  • The teacher will model finding a character trait.
  • Depending on the book and chapter, the teacher will stop to ask prompting questions about characters.  (e.g. What did this action say about the character’s trait?  What is one quality this character shows when he/she speaks?)
  • The teacher will help students organize their ideas through guided practice.
  • The teacher will explain the writing prompt and poem about the character.
  • Independent work: After, the students meet with the teacher.  They will move to the writing section, and use their organizer to answer the writing prompt.  The students should be able to give at least two specific examples in their writing.
  • Assessment: See rubric.

My Questions: Guided Reading Group and Independent Practice (All 5 Days)

  • Students will read aloud in their group. 
  • The teacher will model asking a question.
  • He or she will use a few “Question wheels” to form high level questions.
  • The students will be encouraged to match the black triangles on the outside and inside to form good questions.
  • The students will share their questions for guided practice.  Students will answer each other’s questions. 
  • The student will work independently to identify where they found the answer (text, experience and search).
  • Depending on the group, the teacher will come up with a point system for high level questions.
  • Assessment: See rubric

Self Talk: Guided Reading Group and Independent Practice (All 5 Days)

  • The students will read aloud. 
  • The teacher will model “self-talk”, or the act of stopping and thinking about a strategy.
  • Guided Practice: Students will share their post-its from the station before.  Which post-its show Questions, Connections or Predictions?
  • Independent: Students will continue reading and stop themselves when they can fill one of the “self-talk” strategies.
  • Assessment: See rubric.

Teacher Guided Reading Groups Week 2

Problem Path: Guided Reading Group and Independent Practice (All 5 Days)

  • Students will read aloud in their group. 
  • The teacher will model finding a problem and a solution.
  • Depending on the book and chapter, the teacher will stop to ask prompting questions about problems.  (i.e. Is there one problem with many solutions?  Are there many problems with one solution?  What are the bigger problems in the story and what are the smaller problems in the story? 
  • The teacher will help students organize their ideas through guided practice.
  • Independent work: After, the students meet with the teacher.  They will move to the writing section, and use their organizer to answer about a personal connection they have to the text and a problem within.  The students should be able to give at least two specific examples in their writing.
  • Assessment: See rubric for packet and final test.  Both have evaluations for problem and solution understanding.

My Questions: Guided Reading Group and Independent Practice (All 5 Days)

  • Students will read aloud in their group. 
  • The teacher will model asking a question.
  • He or she will use a few “Question wheels” to form high level questions.
  • The students will be encouraged to match the black triangles on the outside and inside to form good questions.
  • The students will share their questions for guided practice.  Students will answer each other’s questions. 
  • The student will work independently to identify where they found the answer (text, experience and search).
  • Depending on the group, the teacher will come up with a point system for high level questions.
  • Assessment: See rubric.

What’s the message?: Guided Reading Group and Independent Practice (All 5 Days)

  • The students will read aloud. 
  • The teacher will model the message, the theme the author wants us to have when we are finished.
  • Guided Practice: Students will share their messages and give supporting evidence.  How do we know this is the main idea of the story?  Why does the author want us to hear this message?
  • Independent: Students will continue reading and stop themselves when they can fill the page with supportive ideas.
  • Assessment: See rubric.