Guided Reading Course Outline
- Part 1: Guided Reading Overview
- Course introduction
- Course structure
- About your presenter
- About Literacy Solutions
- Part 2: Introduction to Guided Reading
- What is guided reading and where did it come from
- What guided reading looks like
- Where guided reading fits within a balanced program of reading instruction
- Grouping students
- Selecting texts
- What other students do while the teacher takes guided reading
- Action plan
- Part 3: Introducing the Text
- Before reading strategies and why they are vital to unlocking the potential of guided reading
- Warming up for reading
- Various approaches to building story knowledge
- How the teacher decides what to say or do prior to introducing the text
- Action plan
- Part 4: Reading the Text
- Factors the teacher must consider to support students read and understand the text
- Actions taken by the teacher while students read the text silently
- What faster readers should do while waiting for others to finish reading
- What the teacher should do with his or her observations of students reading the text
- Action plan
- Part 5: Clarifying & Discussing the Text
- The role the teacher plays in coaching in response to student needs
- How the teacher highlights and clarifies challenges within the text
- Strategies used to assist students solve the text
- Action plan
- Part 6: Reflection, FAQ and Summing Up
- The role personal reflection has in improving your teaching and some of the questions you should be asking yourself
- Addressing the questions about implementing guided reading that are frequently asked
- Summarising the main ideas we've covered in the course to reinforce the key learnings of Guided Reading Online
- Action plan
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