Guided Reading
Presented by James Ferguson, Cengage Learning Professional Development Consultant.
Guided Reading is a method of teaching reading to children. It is a preferred approach employed within primary, and some secondary schools. Guided Reading sessions involve a teacher and a group of children.
The session would have a set of objectives to be taught through the course of a roughly fifteen minute session. Whilst Guided Reading takes place with one group of children, the remaining children are engaged in independent or group literacy tasks. The idea is that the teacher is not interrupted by the other children in the class whilst focusing on one group.
Guided Reading is usually a daily activity in a primary school classroom and involves every child in a class over the course of a week. Each Guided Reading group meets with the teacher several times throughout a given week. The children are usually grouped by reading levels, or strategic/skill-based needs.
This session will focus on the application of Guided Reading in daily practice.
Session Outline:
- Teaching strategies for reading: Modelled and Shared Reading, Guided Reading Independent Reading
- Guided and independent strategies to support and extend student learning
- The Guided Reading process
- Guided Reading within the Literacy Block
- Guided Reading book levels
- Benchmarking students running records
- Using a running record effectively
- Levels of Running Record analysis
- Error analysis: Meaning Structure, Visual
- Visible and invisible actions taken by the reader
- High frequency words
- Actions taken by the reader to build phrasing and fluency
Wednesday 20 June
Time: 1.00 - 4.00pm (refreshments from 12.45 am)
Cost: $95 per attendee (GST inclusive) (schools will be invoiced after the session)
Venue: Seaforth Public School
37 Kempbridge Ave
Seaforth NSW 2092
Inclusions: Welcome afternoon tea and handouts
RSVP: Monday 11 June to Jillian Lim
Email: jillian.lim@cengage.com
Phone: 03 9685 4225
Fax: 1800 813 515
Wednesday 8 August
Time: 3.30-5.30pm (refreshments from 3.15 pm)
Cost: $85 per attendee (GST inclusive) (schools will be invoiced after the session)
Venue: Our Lady’s Catholic School
85 Eagle Street
Longreach QLD 4730
Registration: by Friday 27 July to Jillian Lim
Email: jillian.lim@cengage.com
Phone: 03 9685 4225
Fax: 1800 813 515
