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.
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