Guided Reading Resources
Fountas & Pinnell
Components of Guided Reading in Pre-A-C Levels
Components of Guided Reading in D-I
Components of Guided Reading in I/J-P
Behaviors and Suggested teaching points for levels in F&P
Guided Reading Lesson For Reading Levels A-J
1. Students read familiar book (3 minutes)
§ Texts from individual reading box
§ Text from previous guided reading lesson
§ All students read same text, partner read, individuals read
§ Should sound easy and fluent
2. Teach/Review a Reading Strategy (2 minutes)
§ Teachers should be using the strategy posters or bookmarks
§ New strategy should be demonstrated
3. Introduce the new book (5 minutes)
§ New book each time the group meets
§ Teacher tells the gist of the story
§ Teacher and students take a “picture walk” and talk about the ideas and vocabulary
4. Children read new text simultaneously, not chorally (10 minutes)
§ Could be reading at a table or on the floor
§ Teacher should listen in to individual students read a part of the text, prompt students when they get stuck, and praise strategy use
5. Teacher gathers students together to discuss the text, then make a teaching point or teach a skill
§ Discuss the story-talk about the meaning of the text, re: “Who thought the main character made a good decision? Why?”
§ Comment on strategy use, re: “I noticed when John got stuck, he reread the sentence.”
§ Teach a phonics or spelling skill: use magnetic letters, dry-erase board, etc. to show students the concept, then invite students to practice.
6. Provide opportunities to reread the text
§ Choral read with the teacher whole or part of the text
§ Buddy-read at the table
§ Find someone else in the class to read the text
§ Text goes home
§ Text comes back to school and is put in browsing box or reading box for at least a week for rereading
Optional Activities:
§ Sight word practice with dry-erase boards
§ Cut-up sentence
§ Writing a sentence in writing book
§ Word Work