I’m here to share with you today some quick tips for planning your guided reading lessons! Let’s make this short and sweet!
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Guided Reading Binder
Once you have your binder set up, it’s easy to take it out to start planning your groups! Keep a list of your groups and your plans in your binder and you will be able to plan each group in just a few minutes! I’ve got a FREE Binder for you! Check it out HERE!
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Select your Text
I use my notes from my groups to help me decide on a book that I want to use for my lesson. For example, if my students in Group A were having difficulty with rhyming words the last time we met, I will try to find a text with some rhyming in it that is at their instructional level. This will help to guide my instruction with word work.
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Word Work
I use my Ultimate Guided Reading Toolkit to find my Word Work Activities. You can use any word work activities, but I love that everything is in one place and organized. For the example above, I would choose one of my rhyming activities.
With online learning becoming very popular, I have been creating some Word Word Guided Reading BOOM decks– the kids love working with the BOOM cards! I have a FREE BOOM Deck for you to check out! To learn more about BOOM cards check out this blog post!
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Strategies
Next, I think about what strategies my group of students needs to work on. Right now, I have many students reading Level B books and struggling with one to one matching and self-correcting known sight words. Before reading, I will model how to match one to one and discuss sight words. I also have some strategy activities in The Ultimate Guided Reading Toolkit.
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Comprehension
After students read their books independently, I like to have some sort of comprehension activity planned. Again, I use The Ultimate Guided Reading Toolkit. Many times we are working on story elements or retelling stories! Get these Fiction and Non-Fiction comprehension spinners HERE!
What now?
Now you are ready for your lessons! Keep notes on your Guided Reading Lesson Plans so it will help you better prepare for the next time you meet with your groups!