Emergent Guided Reading Plan (A-C)

Date: Title: Level: Strategy Focus:

3/1, 3/2 The Bus Ride C Initial sound
Day 1 Day 2
1. Sight Word Review (2 mins.) 1. Sight Word Review (2 mins)
(dictate 3 words, prompt for noisy writing) (dictate 3 words, prompt for noisy writing)
the on got the on got
2. Introduction (1 min.) 2. Reread Yesterdays Book (5 mins)
(and other familiar books)
This title of this book is The Bus Ride. This book is
A. Gist Observations or running record on one student:
statement:
about many different creatures getting on a bus. Do
you ride a bus? Student 1 (KW): Needed minimal support, utilized
B. Students talk about each page. Teacher supports oral language. methods with some prompting
Student 2 (EP): Skips a word when he doesnt
3. Text Reading With Prompting (5 mins) know it, not using methods from yesterday unless I prompt
him to, need to review*
Student 3 (CW): Had to prompt to use method then
he began to do it independently
Student 4 (AG): ---Absent
Check the picture. What would make sense? Student 5 (AA): Reading in robotic manner, utilizing
X Get your mouth ready. methods independently w/o prompting! Needs sight word
X Does that make sense/look right? drills
Could it be ___ or ___?
Show me the word ___ . (Use this prompt if stuck on a sight word.)
Check the word with your finger.

4. Teaching Points After Reading (3 mins) 3. Teaching Points After Reading (3 mins)
(choose 1 or 2) (choose 1 or 2)
1:1 matching (discourage pointing at Level C/DRA 3) 1:1 matching (discourage pointing at Level C/DRA 3)
Use picture clues (meaning) Use picture clues (meaning)
Monitor with known words Monitor with known words
X Get mouth ready for initial sound X Get mouth ready for initial sound
X Cross-check picture and first letter X Cross-check picture and first letter
Visual scanning (check word left to right) Visual scanning (check word left to right)
Expression Expression
Discussion Prompt (Beyond /About Text) (5 mins)
Day 1
Who got on the bus? (girl, boy, fox, hippo, goat, rhino, fish, horse, rabbit, bee)
What happened when the bee got on the bus? (All the other characters got off the bus and ran fast.)
Why? (They were scared of the bee.)

Guided Writing (will replace Discussion Prompt on either Day 1 OR Day 2) (5 mins)
(Dictated Sentence: A: 3-5 words; B: 5-7 words; C: 7-10 words)
Day 2
The _____ got off the bus because of the bee.

Instructions: Type in the green shaded areas as needed. Then print to use when teaching.
Adapted by Nathan Elliott from: Richardson, J. (2009). The next step in guided reading : focused assessments and targeted lessons for helping every student become a better reader . New York: Scholastic Inc.