Guided Reading: Session 1 – Collaborative Meaning-Making in Small Group Copy
This K-5 session focuses on coming to a common definition of guided reading designed to support student meaning-making.What is Guided Reading?What best practices are critical for an engaging and effective small group lesson?What does it mean to co-construct meaning?What role does purposeful talk play in small groups? How is talking well about a text taught?
Guided Reading: Session 2 – Focusing on Learners
This K-5 session focuses on assessments and grouping for guided reading. What assessments are necessary to inform instruction? How do I use a continuum of reading behaviors to assess and group students? How does instruction in small group change over the year and across the grades? How do I group my students and how often should I change my [...]
Guided Reading: Session 3 – Learning about Supports and Challenges in Texts Copy
This K-5 session explains the use of supports and challenges within leveled texts. What are supports and challenges in leveled texts? What does a “level” mean? What is the difference between a leveled text and a text that has been leveled? How does a teacher look beyond the level when selecting a text?
Guided Reading: Session 4 – Lessons with Emergent Readers Copy
This session focuses on lesson structure and facilitation for discussion. It highlights readers working in Levels A-D. (Grades K-1) What reading behaviors, understandings, and attitudes describe readers at these reading stages? What supports and challenges are built in to leveled texts for these readers? What does a lesson with students reading at these levels look and sound like? What [...]
Guided Reading: Session 5 – Lessons with Early/Transitional Readers Copy
This session focuses on lesson structure and facilitation for discussion. It highlights readers working in Levels E-H. (Grades K-2) What reading behaviors, understandings, and attitudes describe readers at these reading stages? What supports and challenges are built in to leveled texts for these readers? What does a lesson with students reading at these levels look and sound like? What [...]
Guided Reading: Session 6 – Lessons with Fluent Readers Copy
This session focuses on lesson structure and facilitation for discussion. It highlights readers working in Levels I-N. (Grades 2-5) What reading behaviors, understandings, and attitudes describe readers at these reading stages? What supports and challenges are built in to leveled texts for these readers? What does a lesson with students reading at these levels look and sound like? What [...]
Guided Reading: Session 7 – Lessons with Advanced Readers
This session focuses on lesson structure and facilitation for discussion. It highlights readers working in Levels O+. (Grades 3-5) What reading behaviors, understandings, and attitudes describe readers at these reading stages? What supports and challenges are built in to leveled texts for these readers? What does a lesson with students reading at these levels look and sound like? What [...]