Guided Reading

Children read from the same text while teacher uses cues to help students make predictions about the text, figure out difficult words and establish fluency/comprehension of the text. Teachers do this through a guided reading process that involves before during and after interaction with the text.

Before Reading:
Teacher is prompting the students by asking questions. Students are answering prompts by using background knowledge, making logical connections and making predictions about what the text might contain. Teacher models specific word and letter sounds in the title of the book.

During Reading:
Teacher prompts students to look at the pictures for clues to words they might not understand. Teacher tells students to ask themselves if what they are reading makes sense. If not they go back. Students answer prompts and repeat after the teacher when they are cued on specific word and letter sounds.

After Reading:
Teacher does word activity with students based on important key words that were seen in text. Prompts students to remember what they learned in text to answer questions.

During the video the teacher used a lot of positive encouragement and was generally very excited and animated. This helps students feel positive about themselves and what they are learning. The teacher worked with each child briefly one on one and assessed strengths and weaknesses.

The website www.readinga-z.com has it all from free printables for teachers to common core standards links and activities. It also has a library for online leveled reading books.