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Guided Reading
By Taita
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As with anything, they key to success is balance. No, when I started teaching 4 years ago I knew nothing of guided reading. Does it work, YES! You just can't meet the individual needs of students with whole group reading.| At the beginning of the week, I meet whole group and cover a story from the basal series. Tuesday through Friday I meet with my guided reading groups and assign the other groups work related to the basal story. I don't believe one could properly analyze a student's challenges in the whole group setting, especially if the student isn't functioning on the same level as the text you're | |
using for whole group. What about ESE, ESOL, and kids with specific needs. Guided reading provides an outlet to reach all readers needs. You also have to be flexible, I also work on reading skills needed in the content areas (SS and Science) during Guided Reading groups. to me, it just makes sense. I work in state with heavy testing mandates (Reading, Writing, math, and Science for my grade level) . Guided reading is not an easy task, but I've seen so much (more) growth within my students over the past 2 years than with any of the other methods around. Hope this helps ;0)
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