A good part of what we will do as teachers is set the foundation for reading in the future. In the article I evaluated it's stated that a child who is a struggling reader in 1st grade is 88% more likely to continue to struggle into 4th grade. My article focused on guided reading as a method of early intervention for readers moving towards fluency. Essentially if teacher's can incorporate guided reading into their classrooms they will more successfully be able to identify what students are struggling with, and provide important background knowledge that can help students with comprehension. We've learned that effective reading instruction is all about balance, guided reading is one effective way to insert reading instruction into the classroom a positive, timely, and most importantly effective manner. Guided reading is another way to meet varying instructional needs of students in the classroom.
Guided reading has 3 fundamental purposes:
1). Teach students to read increasingly difficult texts with understanding and fluency.
2). Construct meaning through problem solving strategies
3). Understand concepts and Ideas not previously encountered
Guided reading is a great way to promote better understanding for all readers. Many students will struggle with a text on their own but when they participate in guided reading are able to better interact with the text. These interactions can mean anything from vocabulary acquisition for struggling readers to clarification of complex ideas for the more advanced one. The verbalization of ideas and concepts helps bring every student to a similar level of understanding.
Activities like the one above are great for helping students get equal speaking time in their groups. They also challenge the student to use good reading strategies in order to retain enough information to answer the questions. Teachers especially in group activities must stay organized to make these lessons effectively work.
Charts like the one above help teachers stay organized and work it effectively.
How would use organize a guided reading lesson in your classroom?
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10643-006-0074-2
I really like the chart above to help teachers keep the guided reading lesson organized! In class yesterday, there was a lot of emphasis on the importance of assessing children while they read, so that the teacher can better address any issues after. This chart could help that observation and assessment.
ReplyDeleteThe importance of early child instruction is really seen here. The fact that if fundamentals aren't thoroughly understood in first grade, they won't understand much in the higher grades is astounding.! This really speaks to the lower elementary teachers. Fundamentals are important and teachers need access to guided reading instruction because even if a student doesn't comprehend it at first, they have chances in the "during reading" and "post reading" sections of the lesson to.
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