Guided+Reading

**Guided Reading**
Guided reading is an instructional approach that involves a teacher working with a small group of students who demonstrate similar reading behaviors and can all read similar levels of texts. The text is easy enough for students to read with teacher support. The text offers challenges and opportunities for problem solving, but is easy enough for students to read with some fluency. Teachers choose selections that help students expand their strategies. Teachers should instruct guided reading groups daily; spending 10-30 minutes per group. Leveled text resources can be found in school media centers, book resource rooms, NC WiseOwl, Time for Kids, etc.

//To ensure the success of guided reading, teachers need to be prepared to invest time upfront teaching students the procedures they would like them to follow while the teachers are busy with GR groups. Once teachers are certain the students can follow the procedures THEN focus on actually teaching through guided reading.//

media type="custom" key="23218874" Guided Reading With Jenna (grade 5) from the Teaching Channel (video)
 * Resources**

[] - What is Guided Reading? - Resource (pdf) from Scholastic [] - Guided Reading in the Primary Classroom - article [] - Dr. Gay Su Pinnell article about Guided Reading on Scholastic's website