After reading Veronica Hanke's article, "Guided reading: young pupils' perspectives on classroom practice," I learned about the importance of guided reading and how best to address it within the classroom.
"Although there are explicit rules to learn about behaviors associated with books in guided reading lessons, there were also implicit rules about interactions between pupils and between teachers and pupils."
As indicated in the article, most teachers address guided reading by having time for the students to meet in small groups. Each student is given the same book and the teacher is able to walk through the text with them. The nice part of being in small groups is that the teacher has the ability to create the groups based on reading level.
If the teacher's schedule does not allow for time to meet with the students in groups, there are many ideas of how to include guided reading as a center during rotational time. On Pinterest, I found a great idea:
For the "Roll & Retell" activity, students roll a dice to see what question they must answer. This activity would be great for groups of 2-3 students. They can pass the dice around and take turns discussing the book they read.
Guided reading is essential in fueling student's literacy, but also a great opportunity for students to work together in team building activities and build social skills. If you are a teacher who is dividing the class into small groups, how do you make sure that all the students are contributing equally to the group? My concern is that one student might talk the whole time while another may barely contribute. Also, if you did a guided reading activity like the one above for a center, is there a way to organize the books so that students are choosing from the most appropriate reading level without knowing that there is a system to classifying the books?
"Although there are explicit rules to learn about behaviors associated with books in guided reading lessons, there were also implicit rules about interactions between pupils and between teachers and pupils."
As indicated in the article, most teachers address guided reading by having time for the students to meet in small groups. Each student is given the same book and the teacher is able to walk through the text with them. The nice part of being in small groups is that the teacher has the ability to create the groups based on reading level.
If the teacher's schedule does not allow for time to meet with the students in groups, there are many ideas of how to include guided reading as a center during rotational time. On Pinterest, I found a great idea:
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Guided reading is essential in fueling student's literacy, but also a great opportunity for students to work together in team building activities and build social skills. If you are a teacher who is dividing the class into small groups, how do you make sure that all the students are contributing equally to the group? My concern is that one student might talk the whole time while another may barely contribute. Also, if you did a guided reading activity like the one above for a center, is there a way to organize the books so that students are choosing from the most appropriate reading level without knowing that there is a system to classifying the books?
Casey,
ReplyDeleteI like how you emphasized the importance of this guided reading process. It is used to often in the classroom that some do not even realize how critical it is to reading development. The roll and retell looks like a great activity to let the students know that guided reading can also be fun.