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Guided Reading Levels
By Anne

Terri,

I also have a wide spread of reading levels each year. The way I handle it is to use the reading series the parish provides, teaching the vocabulary and skills whole class...following curriculum
guide lines and then test based on this. Our reading series is set up to teach one story a week with lots of related activities to that story.(Whole Language approach)I don't like it! I feel children need to be exposed to lots and lots of reading practice, phonics, and repetition of the basic sight words so....... I run a balanced literacy program in my classroom. The children rotate from

independent work, to centers, to guided reading with me in smalll groups. (Tuesday - Thursday) It is the 30 minutes they spend at the guided reading table with me that I use supplement readers and trade books on their group level.( I try to divide into no more than four groups)These are the books I send home with them to be read aloud as homework. I feel I do meet their needs and learning style differences with this approach. It does take alot of organization, time, and effort but to see even the weakest readers reading and excited about their acheivement is very rewarding! Good Luck in whatever teaching style you choose!