Guided Reading Group Planning Sheet

Created by: Jean Romanshek Group _____ : Book Title and Level:

Sight Words to focus on:

BEFORE READING:
Focus Attention/Activate Prior Knowledge: Introduce title, author, and illustrator of the book. Discuss cover, no. of words in title, etc. Predict What will the book be about? (Purpose for reading the book) Take a walk through the book. Activate prior knowledge. Discuss some of the pictures and words in the book to get the language of the book into the students mind. Vocabulary

During Reading Strategies:

Left to right and return sweep Look at Punctuation marks Use sentence patterns to predict Tracking print with finger 1:1 matching Use beginning Consonants Get your mouth ready for the first sound

Use picture cues to predict the story and words Blend the sounds to figure out unknown words Make a picture in your mindvisual and auditory match

Think Aloud/Make Predictions

What will make sense?

Look for sight words

Find a little word in the big word Monitor does it sound right?

Reread

Substitute another word that makes sense.

Monitor - does it make sense?

1. Remind students of some of the strategies that they might use during reading. - USE THE ONES CIRCLED. 2. Have children read book with support choosing a teachable moment of using a reading strategy to unlock unknown words.

After Reading:
Discuss/Revisit the text: Categorize and Classify Use Illustrations Compare and Contrast Phonemic Awareness o Phoneme Isolation o Rhyming Words Phonics: Initial or Final Consonant Readers Response Sheet Other