Guided Reading

Four Blocks Literacy

Guided Reading is focused on comprehension and helps students develop the skills and understandings necessary to be strategic

in reading a wide variety of texts.

What is Guided Reading?

Erickson, K., & Koppenhaver, D. (2007). Children with disabilities: reading and writing the four-blocks way. Greensboro, NC: Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, Inc.

Why is GR important?

The Guided Reading block allows students to:

• Predict what might happen or what they might learn. • Learn about story elements or characters, setting, and plot.• Learn how to organise and compare information.• Improve comprehension skills.• Be exposed to different types of literature.

Guided Reading Stages

The Guided Reading block has 3 stages:

• before reading activity.

• during reading activity.

• after reading activity.

Before reading:

• Build background knowledge• Make connections to personal experiences• Develop vocabulary essential for comprehension• Take a picture walk• Make connections• Set a purpose for reading• Graphic organizer or KWL chart

During reading:

• Teacher reads uninterrupted on day one of text• Choral reading• Echo Reading• Shared Reading• Partner reading• Small, flexible groups• Three-ring circus – alone, with partners, or with the teacher• Book club groups• Everyone read to….(ERT)• Sticky note reading• With inner voice• Repetitive lines recorded on a speech generated device

After Reading:

• Discuss the text• Connect new knowledge to what they knew before• Follow up predictions• Discuss what they have learnt• Complete graphic organizer or KWL chart.• Discuss answers to set purpose

References

All information in this presentation has been sourced from:

• Cunningham, P. M., Hall, D. P., & Sigmon, C. M. (1999). The teacher’s guide to the four blocks. Greensboro, NC: Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, Inc.

• Erickson, K., & Koppenhaver, D. (2007). Children with disabilities: reading and writing the four-blocks way. Greensboro, NC: Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, Inc.