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Guided Reading
By Cathy

My district uses guided reading so I hope this helps. Guided reading is NOT whole class instruction. It is small group instruction for students who read the same text. The group is homogeneous: the students read at the
same level, demonstrate similar reading behaviors and share similar instructional needs. These small groups are temporary; they change as you assess students' growth and needs. In the small groups, you introduce a text that you've selected, and the students read it silently and independently. Students usually read silently, though you might ask individual students to read orally at

regular intervals and talk with them individually about the book. You select teaching points based on the reader's needs and may assign oral and/or written responses and extensions. I don't know if this is different in the younger grades (I teach 4th) My class is divided into three groups: High, Middle, Low. I meet with the low group 5x a week for about 15 minutes, middle 3x a week and high 2x a week during our Literacy Block. There is a really good book if you are interested in knowing more about Guided Reading. Guided Readers and Writers: Grades 3-6 Teaching Comprehension, Genre, and Content Literacy by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell.