Observation Task 3: Teaching Shared/Guided Reading

Title of book: Jon Jumps Into A Jar.

Type of Reading (Shared or Guided): guided reading

What the teacher does What the children do Comments

The teacher takes a small group
every Monday to read a story
with them. The story is about the
letter of the week which is J.
Teacher divided the groups based
on the student’s level.
She starts by asking what they
can see in the cover page, what
colours can they see, and what do
they think the story is about.
Students are listening to the story
and answering questions.
They also share their ideas with
the teacher and what they
noticed or saw.
They never answer randomly
they wait for their names and
then answer.
Students are in very different
levels. I liked the idea that the
teacher uses guided reading
instead of share reading because
guided reading is easy for the
teacher to focus on the students
and ask them questions, and
teacher can identify weaknesses
and strengthen specific skills of
her students.

Before she starts reading, she

makes sure they are all turning
their cameras on.

While she is reading the story,

she stops after reading two pages
and start asking questions about
what they understand or what
they notice.
Reflections on Observation Task 3: Teaching Shared/Guided Reading

1. Which concepts about print (CAP), phonological awareness, letter knowledge and or
phonics did the teacher focus on?
Letter Knowledge.
a) What strategies/activities did the teacher use to help the students understand
the concept being taught?
Teacher chose a very simple story. She also provided pictures along with asking
questions and explaining for the students and answer their questions.

2. Were there any initial/medial/final sounds, punctuation, sight words or word families that were
covered during the lesson? If they were, select (a); if they were not, select (b).

a. What was the purpose of teaching these concepts. Explain its importance.
The teacher chose this story to teach the students words start with the letter J. The
story had so much words start with the letter J and also there was sentences for
example James wear his jeans. Teacher sometimes stop and ask the students to
repeat the sentence.