Guided Reading

All students in grades K-5 have Guided Reading.   Guided Reading is usually 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on the classroom and/or teacher.

During Guided Reading, in most classrooms, there are 3-4 groups of students placed by their assessments. The groups rotate every 15-20 minutes (some may have longer time with a Reading Specialist).

The classroom teacher has a group that reads a small book together working on vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension for the week based on their reading level.

The Reading Specialist works with a group of students during the guided reading time for one of the rotations.  The Reading Specialist works with the lowest students which are Title I students.  The Reading Specialist often uses a component of the 95% Group, Inc. There are several different interventions. We are focusing this year on the Phonics Chip Kit and Phonics Lesson Library. Both of these programs are phonics programs. The Reading Specialist assesses each Title I Reading student to see their weak skills and decides on lessons based on these assessments.

The other students have assigned tasks, such as independent reading, computer programs, worksheets, etc.  The exception is Kindergarten and First Grade, which has a classroom aide working on phonics, word families, sight words, or skills that would benefit them.