Guided reading is a key part of a balanced reading framework and an essential element of a successful reading workshop. From the very beginning of the school year, establish solid routines for your reading workshop: Students must know how to work in teams, how to solve problems without asking for help, and how to use workstations or do other independent literacy activities. Many teachers ask what skills to students need to read each guided reading level. Jan Richardson explains this in THE NEXT STEP IN GUIDED READING book. Level Skill Focus Sound Sorts Magnetic Letters/Whiteboards Sound Boxes Pre-A Letters, sounds, print concepts Initial consonants Sort letters by shape, color, size, etc none Make first/last name A (1) Consonants Initial consonants Make sight words 2 boxes Long vowels Long vowels Exchange initial (consonants and consonants with magnetic letters long vowel) cat, fat, mat, batme, go, he, so
I'm still working on this..... Professional Standard 2 and 4