Guided
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Guided Reading Sequence
Reading Decoding Posters&
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Guided Reading Lesson Plan
Template
Comprehension Questions
Anecdotal Record Keepers
Guided Reading Follow Up
Sheets
And More…
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Guided
Reading
Resources
Guided Reading Sequence
Reading Decoding Posters&
Bookmarks
Guided Reading Lesson Plan
Template
Comprehension Questions
Anecdotal Record Keepers
Guided Reading Follow Up
Sheets
And More…
1. Student Seating: Organize the physical location according to the image below. Studies have shown that teachers
give most of their attention to student directly in front of them.
2. Repeated Practice: Allow students to practice the book multiple times outside of the guided reading book after
covering the book. Ideas could be to send the book home for homework, placing the book in a student’s book
bag/box for practice in the classroom, or provide them time in your day for “independent reading.”
3. Organizing the Tools: Create a caddy or box of any and all supplies that would be helpful. Here’s a brief list of
suggestions:
a. Decoding strategies posters or bookmarks
b. Highlighters
c. Sticky notes
d. Marker boards and dry erase markers.
e. Pointers (for tracking)
f. Pencils, crayons, etc.
g. Whisper phones
h. Headphones (For those students who can’t concentrate when
other students are reading, they block out the sound.)
i. Different graphic organizers (put them in page protectors to be
reused from group to group.)
4. After Activities: Follow up graphic organizers and worksheets can (and should) be done after the guided reading
session (not during “teacher time”.) This is a huge time saver!
5. Record!: Take anecdotal records. Create a system where you record what you observe from each student.
This type of “data” is important in setting individual student goals as well as monitoring group progress.
6. Plan your Questions: Plan your questions ahead of time. It is really easy to fall back on asking lower level
questions. Challenge yourself to ask higher level Bloom’s type questions.
7. Selecting Texts: Traditional leveled readers are just one type of text you can pick from for guided reading. Try
using text passages (such as those from readworks.org) or even photocopy a textbook passage (for texts for
less proficient groups, copy another grades textbooks on the topic.)
8. Keep it Simple!: Remember that guided reading is your priority! Plan centers or student activities that students
can manage independently and keep them on task.
9. More Time: Always give more time to the students who are performing below expectations. This may mean
giving a double dose of guided reading during the week.
10. Don’t forget to assess!: It’s critical that you always have a firm handle on the level of each of your students.
Guided reading groups should be flexible so students can move into groups that match their instructional needs.
You also need firm evidence (such as that in a running record) to make instructional decisions and report on
student progress (for RtI, PLC meetings, report cards, parent-teacher conferences, etc.) Plan right up front
when you are going to formally assess each of your students and build it into your monthly calendar.
Top Ten Guided Reading Tips
Tryin’
Lion
Try to reread the sentence.
Try a word that makes sense and sounds correct.
Chunky
Monkey
Look for a chunk of the word that you know.
Break the word into easier chunks to sound out.
Stretchy
Snake
Stretch out the word slowly.
Put the sounds together to figure out the word.
Lips the
Fish
Get your lips ready to say the first sound of the word.
Read to the end of the sentence and say the sounds again.
Eagle
Eye
Look at the picture to figure out the word.
Look at the picture to figure out the word.
Egle Eye
Hop over the word, read the end of the sentence and then hop back..
Bouncing Bunny
Lips the Fish
Get your lips ready to say the first sound of the word.
Try to reread the sentence or try a word that makes sense.
Tryin’ Lion
Break the word into easier chunks to sound out or find words you already know.
Chunky Monkey
Flip the vowel sound until the word sound correct in the sentence.
Flippy Dolphin
Stretch out the word slowly then put the sounds together to figure out the word.
Stretchy Snake
Look at the picture to figure out the word.
Eagle Eye
Hop over the word, read the end of the sentence and then hop back..
Bouncing Bunny
Lips the Fish
Get your lips ready to say the first sound of the word.
Try to reread the sentence or try a word that makes sense.
Tryin’ Lion
Break the word into easier chunks to sound out or find words you already know.
Chunky Monkey
Flip the vowel sound until the word sound correct in the sentence.
Flippy Dolphin
Stretch out the word slowly then put the sounds together to figure out the word.
Stretchy Snake
Look at the picture to figure out the word.
Eagle Eye
Hop over the word, read the end of the sentence and then hop back..
Bouncing Bunny
Lips the Fish
Get your lips ready to say the first sound of the word.
Try to reread the sentence or try a word that makes sense.
Tryin’ Lion
Break the word into easier chunks to sound out or find words you already know.
Chunky Monkey
Flip the vowel sound until the word sound correct in the sentence.
Flippy Dolphin
Stretch out the word slowly then put the sounds together to figure out the word.
Stretchy Snake
Look at the picture to figure out the word.
Eagle Eye
Hop over the word, read the end of the sentence and then hop back..
Bouncing Bunny
Lips the Fish
Get your lips ready to say the first sound of the word.
Try to reread the sentence or try a word that makes sense.
Tryin’ Lion
Break the word into easier chunks to sound out or find words you already know.
Chunky Monkey
Flip the vowel sound until the word sound correct in the sentence.
Flippy Dolphin
Stretch out the word slowly then put the sounds together to figure out the word.
Stretchy Snake
Five Finger Retell
Setting
characters
Problem
events
Resolution Main idea/ Theme/ Lesson
Guided Reading Lesson Plans
Group::___________ Book: _______________________
Week: ________________ Level: _______ Fiction or Nonfiction
Day 1:
Word Work::
Environmental Print
Sight Words
Rhyming
Letter ID
Letter Sound
Phoneme Segmentation
Blending Phonemes
CVC Words
Short Vowels
Long Vowels
Blends
Digraphs
Syllables
Word Families
Preview Text:
Picture Walk
Tricky Words
Character Introduction
Make Predictions
Text/Picture Connections
Stop and Ask Questions
Instructional Plan:
Day 2:
Read Text:
1 to 1
Letters vs. Words
Reading Direction
Sight Words
Tricky Words
Does it make Sense?
Re-Read
Make Predictions
Text/Picture Connections
Stop and Ask Questions
Instructional Plan:
Day 3:
Comprehension:
Comprehension
Questions
Written Reponses
Sequencing
Oral Retell
Character/Settings
Opinion of Story
Problem/Solution
Explain Strategy
Review Tricky Parts
KWL
Compare/Contrast
Thinking Map
Unanswered Questions
Rereading:
Partner Reading
Choral Reading
Reader’s Theater
Silent Reading
Buddy Reading
Part Reading (narrator,
character)
Rehearsal Reading
Instructional Plan:
Student Name
Guided Reading Level
Notes:
Date: Date: Date: Date:
Guided Reading Observation Log
Student Name
Guided Reading Level
Notes:
Date: Date: Date: Date: