The development of skills and strategies are an ongoing part of a balanced literacy program and occurs within the context of reading and writing students are doing in the classroom. My reading class is currently participating in guided reading groups. During reading group, we work on phonemic awareness, fluency, comprehension and word recognition with leveled readers or selections from our reading text.
The following are strategies I use during guided reading group and may be helpful for you to use at home when reading with your child.
Story Introduction
Discuss title, author, illustrator and cover.
Picture/Book Walk
We take a quick glance through the book looking at pictures to make predictions of what the story is about.
Background knowledge: make connections to real life
Review text for any unfamiliar or new words.
First Reading
Teacher models reading the book while children follow along.
Students choral read the book while tracking print.
Second Reading
Students whisper read the book while teacher listens to each child read several pages.
*If re-reading the text on Day 2, students will buddy read to build up fluency.
Follow Up Activities
Discussion about setting, character, author's purpose
Review any high frequency or spelling words found in the story.
Activity that evaluates comprehension of text and vocabulary.
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